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Military Planning for the Defense of the United Kingdom, 1814-1870 (Hardcover)
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Military Planning for the Defense of the United Kingdom, 1814-1870 (Hardcover)
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Based upon exhaustive research in numerous archival sources,
including the personal papers of the major British military and
political leaders of the day, this is a comprehensive study of
British military planning during a period in which long-successful
defense and military strategies had to be reappraised in light of
new technological advances. As Michael Partridge notes, Britain
emerged victorious in 1814 after twenty-two years of war with
revolutionary and Napoleonic France; however various technical and
international developments--particularly the invention of the steam
engine--gravely undermined Britain's security between 1814 and
1870. Because steam power enabled ships to maneuver independently
of wind and tide, Britain was now vulnerable to attack from all
sides, forcing her to devise new defensive strategies to repel
invasion. Partridge thoroughly examines Britain's response to the
advent of steam power as well as the special military defense
problems faced by the country as a result of its geographical
position and contemporary political realities. Following a brief
introduction, Partridge offers an overview of Britain's strategic
position in the years following the war with France. Subsequent
chapters examine each aspect of the country's military planning in
detail, beginning with an exploration of the decline of the Royal
Navy--at one time the unchallenged mistress of the seas and far
larger than any rival's naval force. Partridge then addresses the
internal machinery of defense planning, the political constraints
placed upon defense planners, the effects of popular aversion to a
standing army, and the new awareness of Britain's strategic
vulnerability. Individual chapters are devoted to the three major
prongs of Britain's land defenses: the regular army,
fortifications, and the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers. A
bibliography is included for those who wish to pursue further
research in this area. Indispensable for students of military
history, this study offers important new insights into Britain's
ability to adapt to the new military and technological realities of
the early Nineteenth-Century.
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