TY - BOOK AU - Bidwell,Shelford AU - Graham,Dominick TI - Fire-power: British Army weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945 T2 - Pen & Sword military classics SN - 1306863619 AV - UA649 .B48 2004eb U1 - 358.109410904 23 PY - 2004/// KW - Great Britain KW - Army KW - Artillery KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Weapons systems KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Artillerie KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Systèmes d'armes KW - fast KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Artillery operations, British KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Strategy KW - Tactics KW - Stratégie KW - Tactique militaire KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Military Science KW - bisacsh KW - Armed Forces KW - Electronic books N1 - "First published in 1982 by George Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-320) and index; ""Cover ""; ""Series""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Prologue""; ""Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904â€?1914""; ""1 The Artillery as an Accessory""; ""2 The Tactics of Separate Tables""; ""3 The Still and Mental Parts""; ""Book II One Great and Continuous Engagement: 1914â€?1918""; ""4 Prologue and Retrospect""; ""5 Many a Doubtful Battle""; ""6 Ubique""; ""7 Queen of the Battlefield?""; ""8 A Technical Knock Out""; ""Book III The Years Between the Wars: 1919â€?1939""; ""9 The Swingletree Factor """"10 Policies, Theories and Weapons""; ""11 A Fairly New Model Army""; ""Book IV The Second Round: 1939â€?1945""; ""12 Blitzkrieg ""; ""13 The Sand Model""; ""14 A Cybernetic Solution â€? I: The Artillery on the Ground""; ""15 A Cybernetic Solution â€? II: The Artillery of the Air""; ""Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940â€?45""; ""16 Ends and Means""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" N2 - This title is about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the 20th century. The authors describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden army through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=795414 ER -