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Technological adaptation in a global conflict : the British Army and communications beyond the Western Front, 1914-1918

Hall, Brian

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This article seeks to contribute to recent scholarly analysis of the British Army’s military performance and its leadership’s willingness and ability to adapt during the First World War by examining a maligned, though vital, aspect of its command and control system, communications. It offers a comparative assessment of the development and contribution of communications to British operations beyond the Western Front and concludes that the army was, on the whole, remarkably successful at adapting its communications system to suit the demands of fighting a modern, global conflict.

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Hall, B. (2014). Technological adaptation in a global conflict : the British Army and communications beyond the Western Front, 1914-1918. Journal of Military History, 78(1), 37-71

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2014
Deposit Date Nov 23, 2015
Publicly Available Date Apr 5, 2016
Journal Journal of Military History
Print ISSN 0899-3718
Electronic ISSN 1543-7795
Publisher Society for Military History
Volume 78
Issue 1
Pages 37-71
Publisher URL http://www.smh-hq.org/jmh/jmhvols/781.html
Related Public URLs http://www.smh-hq.org/jmh.html
Additional Information Additional Information : The article was awarded the 2015 Moncado Prize by the US Society for Military History
Access Information : There is a five-year gap between articles being published in the Journal of Military History and then being released for public consultation via JSTOR
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