The Wandering Army

The British Way of War ... is a rich and thought-provoking book that will be of great interest in relation to the momentous first decades of the twentieth century, to British strategy, and about strategy more generally - Evan Mawdsley, International Journal of Military History and Historiography In this wide ranging and important study, Huw Davies assesses an improvement in military proficiency that was highly significant for global as well as British history. It deserves considerable attention. -Jeremy Black, author of Military Strategy An eminently readable book, offering an important new perspective on Britain's military leadership and warfare strategies in a period of significant change. Davies gives us a rare front-row seat at mess tables, desks, and command tents of eighteenth-century army personnel around the globe. -Jennine Hurl-Eamon, author of Marriage and the British Army in the Long Eighteenth Century This well-researched, well-written and profoundly thought-provoking and stimulating book will force us to reappraise the whole area of the British Army's evolution from the eve of the Seven Years War to that of the Crimean War. -Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life An important exploration of how formal and informal networks shaped knowledge exchange and institutional learning during the British military enlightenment of the mid-18th century. Davies has brought together an impressive expanse of archival research in order to show how the British army learned and adapted in its first series of global imperial wars. -Dr Anna Brinkman-Schwartz, King's College London In this wide ranging and important study, Huw Davies assesses an improvement in military proficiency that was highly significant for global as well as British history. It deserves considerable attention. -Jeremy Black, author of Military Strategy -- Jeremy Black An eminently readable book, offering an important new perspective on Britain's military leadership and warfare strategies in a period of significant change. Davies gives us a rare front-row seat at mess tables, desks, and command tents of eighteenth-century army personnel around the globe. -Jennine Hurl-Eamon, author of Marriage and the British Army in the Long Eighteenth Century -- Jennine Hurl-Eamon This well-researched, well-written and profoundly thought-provoking and stimulating book will force us to reappraise the whole area of the British Army's evolution from the eve of the Seven Years War to that of the Crimean War. -Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life -- Andrew Roberts An important exploration of how formal and informal networks shaped knowledge exchange and institutional learning during the British military enlightenment of the mid-18th century. Davies has brought together an impressive expanse of archival research in order to show how the British army learned and adapted in its first series of global imperial wars. -Dr Anna Brinkman-Schwartz, King's College London -- Anna Brinkman-Schwartz