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The British Army, information management and the First World War revolution in military affairs

Hall, BH

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Abstract

Information Management (IM) – the systematic ordering, processing and channelling of information within organisations – forms a critical component of modern military command and control systems. As a subject of scholarly enquiry, however, the history of military IM has been relatively poorly served. Employing new
and under-utilised archival sources, this article takes the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) of the First World War as its case study and assesses the extent to which its IM system contributed to the emergence of the modern battlefield in 1918. It argues that the
demands of fighting a modern war resulted in a general, but not universal, improvement in the BEF’s IM techniques, which in turn laid the groundwork, albeit in embryonic form, for the IM systems of modern armies.
KEY WORDS: British Army, Information Management, First World War, Revolution in Military Affairs, Adaptation

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Hall, B. (2018). The British Army, information management and the First World War revolution in military affairs. Journal of Strategic Studies, 41(7), 1001-1030. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2018.1504210

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 21, 2018
Online Publication Date Aug 6, 2018
Publication Date Aug 6, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2018
Publicly Available Date Feb 6, 2020
Journal The Journal of Strategic Studies
Print ISSN 0140-2390
Publisher Routledge
Volume 41
Issue 7
Pages 1001-1030
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2018.1504210
Publisher URL https://doi-org.salford.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/01402390.2018.1504210
Related Public URLs https://www-tandfonline-com.salford.idm.oclc.org/toc/fjss20/current

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