Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War

by Christopher Phillips and Christopher Phillips

Book Overview

World War I was the first great general conflict to be fought between highly industrial societies able to manufacture and transport immense quantities of goods over land and sea. Yet the armies of the war were too vast in scale, their movements too complex, and the infrastructure upon which they depended too specialized to be operated by professional soldiers alone.

In Civilian Specialists at War, Christopher Phillips examines the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909646970
• ISBN13: 9781909646971
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of London Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"