The book the way i used to be6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() In The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War, Huw Davies chronicles how the British army benefited from an “accidental military enlightenment” in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries brought about by their officers’ operational experiences in North and South America, India, and Europe, the officer corps’ willingness to study the flood of domestic and European military writings of the period, and a desire to disseminate the fruits of their studies and the “lessons learned” of their campaigns to the army as a whole. ![]() ![]() ![]() The trick has been to determine which “lessons” were more universal in their application from those that were merely unique to a given conflict. For militaries, the constant quest for applicable “lessons learned” is a noble endeavor to ensure that the rough schooling earned in the blood and sacrifices of war is not lost with the coming of peace. Service members and military historians both maintain a healthy interest in how, or even if, armies learn from their operational experiences and professional studies. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022, 384 pages The Wandering Army The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War Huw J. ![]()
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