Recensione:
In some ways Brackenbury was, even more than his mentor, the model of a modern major-general . Scientific and immensely hard-working, he recognised, as did the best officers of the Prussian general staff whom he had encountered in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1, that waging modern war was about administration and good management as much as courage and inspiration. Such work tends to remain unsung; in Brackenbury s case it has until now. Christopher Brice has made good the deficit with the exhaustive biography which Brackenbury deserves and whose research he would surely have appreciated. --Professor Hew Strachan
In this meticulously researched biography of the largely forgotten Henry Brackenbury, Christopher Brice casts new light on the late Victorian army. He illustrates the complexities of civil-military relation of the era and shows how Brackenbury was the first of a new breed of ambitious, intellectual army officers who would ultimately play a key role in reshaping the military in the late nineteenth century. This is an important addition to the historiography of the Victorian army. --Dr Spencer Jones, author of From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902-1914.
In some ways Brackenbury was, even more than his mentor, the model of a modern major-general . Scientific and immensely hard-working, he recognised, as did the best officers of the Prussian general staff whom he had encountered in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1, that waging modern war was about administration and good management as much as courage and inspiration. Such work tends to remain unsung; in Brackenbury s case it has until now. Christopher Brice has made good the deficit with the exhaustive biography which Brackenbury deserves and whose research he would surely have appreciated. --Professor Hew Strachan
The Thinking Man's Soldier is a book that all serious students of the late Victorian army should read. --Soldiers of the Queen
... superb biography ... helps pierce the shroud of relative obscurity that has descended over Brackenbury's career and life ... Brice s deeply researched, insightful, and handsomely produced biography will prove to be an indispensable study of late Victorian British army generalship ... --Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
... superb biography ... helps pierce the shroud of relative obscurity that has descended over Brackenbury's career and life ... Brice s deeply researched, insightful, and handsomely produced biography will prove to be an indispensable study of late Victorian British army generalship ... --Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
Fills a vital gap in our understanding of the Late Victorian Army and brings into focus the story of a remarkable officer whose example has resonance today ... Brice writes well and manages to weave a fascinating narrative out of a career that, at first glance, might appear more worthy than adventurous. --Mars & Clio
Christopher Brice has done a fine job in rescuing Brackenbury from undeserved oblivion and thereby ensuring that no future historian of the late Victorian Army can afford to ignore his vital contribution to its reform. --Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
L'autore:
Dr Christopher Brice read History and Politics at undergraduate level before embarking on his PhD thesis, initially as part of a joint research agreement between the War Studies Department of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and De Montfort University. The thesis was entitled 'The Military Career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1856-1904'. Dr Brice has given guest lectures at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the National Army Museum, Chelsea, on Henry Brackenbury and elements of his career.
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