TY - JOUR
T1 - The British Army, the Royal Navy, and the 'big work' of Sir George Aston, 1904-1914
AU - Beach, Jim
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - This article re-examines the British record of inter-service co-operation in the decade before the outbreak of World War I. A fresh perspective is offered through the ideas, writings and experiences of Sir George Aston, a Royal Marines officer and contemporary analyst of what would today be called joint warfare. The article observes that, despite Aston's best efforts, the Army and Navy did not advance beyond a degree of mutual sympathy for each others operational needs, and did not address the underlying problems of integrated planning and unified command
AB - This article re-examines the British record of inter-service co-operation in the decade before the outbreak of World War I. A fresh perspective is offered through the ideas, writings and experiences of Sir George Aston, a Royal Marines officer and contemporary analyst of what would today be called joint warfare. The article observes that, despite Aston's best efforts, the Army and Navy did not advance beyond a degree of mutual sympathy for each others operational needs, and did not address the underlying problems of integrated planning and unified command
KW - Joint warfare
KW - military doctrine
KW - World War I
UR - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/
U2 - 10.1080/01402390600566464
DO - 10.1080/01402390600566464
M3 - Article
SN - 0140-2390
VL - 29
JO - The Journal of Strategic Studies
JF - The Journal of Strategic Studies
IS - 1
ER -
