Routledge Chapman & Hall
Fighting Rommel: The British Imperial Army in North Africa during the Second World War, 1941-1943
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- Kaushik Roy
- Routledge Chapman & Hall
- Paperback
- 9780367358242
- 9.1 X 6 X 0.6 inches
- 0.85 pounds
- History > Africa - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Fighting Rommel examines how and why some armies innovate under pressure while others do not. Focusing on the learning culture of the British Imperial Forces, it looks at the Allied campaign during the Second World War against the Afrika Korps of Rommel. The volume highlights the hitherto unexplored yet key role of the British Indian Army, the largest volunteer force in the world. It also introduces 'learning culture' as a heuristic device. Further, it goes on to analyze military innovation on the battlefield, in victory and defeat.
A major intervention in the study of the Second World War, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of military history, especially British and German, battlefield history, and defence and strategic studies.
Author Bio
Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.
He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.
Research Interests
Current
Conditions of Violence and Peace
Historical
Centre for the Study of Civil War (2003 - 2012)
Crosscutting Activities
Source: Peace Research Institute
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