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Maurice, Frederick Denison

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“…The ultimate official endorsement was given when Milne wrote that 'this book, by elaborating the rather concise statements of an official text-book, will be found a very useful adjunct to the study of the forthcoming edition of the Field Service Regulations'. 65 Nowhere is Fuller mentioned in the book, but it took up many of the themes on which he had written and was clearly an attempt to provide an alternative, officially approved discussion of the principles of war. 66 It did not receive a universally friendly reception, however, with one reviewer taking the author to task for his failure to accept that the principles of war were 'of universal application'.…”

Section: The Opening Of the Debate 1926-1930mentioning

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Inter-service Debate and the Origins of Strategic Culture: The ‘Principles of War’ in the British Armed Forces, 1919–1939

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2014

War in History

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In the literature on the emergence of the principles of war in British military thought there has been a failure to examine the reaction of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to the appearance of the first list of principles in the army’s 1920 Field Service Regulations. By considering correspondence, articles, books, field manuals, and staff college lecture scripts, this article demonstrates that there was a debate on the principles of war between the world wars which involved all three armed services. The acceptance of the principles into the doctrine of each of the services represented a fundamental shift away from Jomini and the final acceptance of Clausewitzian approaches to the theory of war. The debate also contributed significantly to the emergence of a ‘common language’ between the services, thus laying the basis for a tri-service ‘strategic culture’ which was attuned to the challenges of joint operations.

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Section: The Opening Of the Debate 1926-1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

Inter-service Debate and the Origins of Strategic Culture: The ‘Principles of War’ in the British Armed Forces, 1919–1939

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2014

War in History

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Inter-service Debate and the Origins of Strategic Culture: The ‘Principles of War’ in the British Armed Forces, 1919–1939

Inter-service Debate and the Origins of Strategic Culture: The ‘Principles of War’ in the British Armed Forces, 1919–1939

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