Money or merit? : the early development of a modern officer promotion process in the British Army, 1815-1830
In 1815, the British Army's officer promotion process, comprising the functions of entry, promotion and after-care, had two parallel methods of operating. One was the purchase system, whose basic principle asserted that an officer's military career was dependent upon his ability to pay the...
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King's College London (University of London)
1978
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