In this fascinating little book, Baden-Powell uses his extensive
military experience and memories of service in Africa to distill
soldiering down to 'the four C-s': Courage, Common sense, Cunning
and Cheerfulness. With observations gleaned from his campaigns
against the Zulus, the Ashanti and the Boers during the period
1876-1910 (and even from conversations with the German Kaiser), B-P
discusses all aspects of military service from digging trenches and
earth-works to 'inculcating cheerfulness in your men'. This period
document gives a unique insight into the mindset of the British
officer in 1914; advocating a training system that encapsulated
Edwardian values,conventional military thinking and centuries of
army tradition. Quick Training For War is a perfect example of the
type of war the British expected to fight and which they prepared
for in 1914, and it became a standard survival guide for many
British troops. Personable in tone, this is the well-intentioned,
no-nonsense advice of a seasoned campaigner - albeit an officer
more accustomed to scouting on the South African veldt than
struggling through Somme mud.
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