Fire and the Sword : the British Army and the Arme Blanche controversy 1871-1921
The controversy was over the role of Cavalry in future war. The generally held view is that the arme blanche charge was obviously obsolete, and that Cavalrymen clung to it for social and sentimental reasons; British military leaders of the First World War are therefore condemned for their belief in...
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University of Cambridge
1982
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.237654 |