The Defence of Duffer's Drift - Couverture souple

Swinton, Ernest

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144741764X ISBN 13 : 9781447417644

Editeur : Read Books, 2011

Synopsis

Presented as a series of dreams, this volume explains various battlefield defence strategies devised by veteran army officer of the First World War. Within these dreams, the author explores different scenarios, able to see the results of different actions due to the nature of this 'nightmare'. Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868 - 1951) was a British Army officer who contributed significantly to the development of the tank in WWI. He was also a correspondent and writer of numerous allegorical works of fiction related to the military and war. Contents include: "First Dream", "Second Dream", "Third Dream", "Fourth Dream", "Fifth Dream", "Sixth Dream", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"The Defence of Duffer’s Drift" is a valuable instruction in the art of close quarters combat. A favorite book for soldiers at the U.S. Army Infantry School, one veteran recently observed that the war in Afghanistan might have fared better if commanders had not ignored the basic lessons taught in "Duffer's Drift." Originally published in 1904 by Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, when he was still a captain, it remains relevant even in today's battlefields. The fictional main character is Lieutenant N. Backsight Forethought, commander of a 50-man reinforced platoon during a fictional encounter in the Boer War. BF, as he is known to his friends, is ordered to hold at all costs a key piece of ground known as Duffer’s Drift. This is BFs big chance to prove himself on the battlefield and he is ready for the glory, or so he thinks. In a series of six scenarios he calls dreams, BF tries to solve tactical issues facing a young commander and his men assigned to a remote location with minimum supplies and maximum exposure to the enemy. In the first dream BF makes basic tactical errors that he summarizes in lessons learned at the end of the dream. In the second dream, he incorporates the lessons learned from the first dream and builds on them to improve his tactical effectiveness. Still, he makes new errors based on new challenges and at the end of the second dream, converts them as well into lessons learned. This continues until the sixth dream when he finally succeeds, drawing on all the lessons learned in the previous five dreams. General Swinton’s contribution to the revolution in military affairs of the 20th century is illustrated in this book and its tutelage in the art of tactical warfare. It presages Swinton’s ultimate contribution to tank warfare, which would come to dominate the battlefields of World War II. These lessons remain as relevant today as they were one hundred years ago and as long as our military keeps deploying to remote and austere regions in defense of our country.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144741764X
• ISBN 13: 9781447417644
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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