Futile Exercise?: The British Army's Preparations for War 1902-1914

“…a serious piece of academic work, well—written and well—cited. This book is an important addition to the body of work on World War One scholarship as it goes a long way to explaining the antecedents of the British Force that went to war in 1914.” —ARGunners.com

According to the official historian Brigadier—General James Edmonds: ‘In every respect the Expeditionary Force of 1914 was incomparably the best trained, best organized, and best equipped British Army which ever went forth to war’. ...