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Futile Exercise? The British Army’s Preparations for War 1902–1914

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By Simon Batten Helion, £35.00, 235pp, hb, 48 ills, 4 maps, notes and refs, bibliog, index. ISBN: 978–191–151–285–1 Based on wide ranging research of British Army manoeuvres conducted between 1904 and 1914, this superb book presents a convincing case – that the high command took a serious and close interest in the development, preparation and tra…


Ep.293 – Bloxham School and the First World War – Simon Batten & Matthew Dixon

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Authors and historians Simon Batten and Matthew Dixon talk about their recent book on Bloxham School and the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element. Taking one small boarding school in rural Oxfordshire, this podcast tell…