"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue on 'Military power: land warfare in theory and pratice' in The Journal of Strategic Studies, vol. 19, no. 4 (Dec. 1996)"--T.p. verso. Includes maps of: U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848; Spanish-American War - Spanish Dispositions, 20 June 1898; Santiago Campaign - Initial Operations, 22-24 June 1898; Santiago Campaign - Situation about Noon, 1 July 1898; Levant Theatre of War, 1917-1918; Gaza-Beersheba Front, October 1917; Transjordan Raids, 1918. "This group of studies first appeared in a Special issue ... in The journal of strategic studies, vol. 19, no. 4 (Dec. 1996)"--T.p. verso.

Introduction /Brian Holden Reid -- 'Zealous for Annexation' : volunteer soldiering, military government, and the service of Colonel Alexander Doniphan in the Mexican-American War / Joseph G. Dawson III -- Spanish-American War : land battles in Cuba, 1895-1898 / Joseph Smith -- General Allenby and the Palestine Campaign, 191-1918 / Matthew Hughes -- British Expeditionary Force and the difficult transition to peace, 1918-1919 / Ian M. Brown -- 'Small wars' and 'Imperial policing' : the British Army and the theory and practice of colonial warfare in the British Empire, 1919-1939 / T.R. Moreman -- Montgomery, morale, casualty conservation and 'Colossal cracks' : 21st Army Group's operational technique in North West Europe, 1944-1945 / Stephen Hart -- 'Tommy is no soldier' : the moral of the Second British Army in Normandy, June-August 1944 / David French -- British Army and approaches to warfare since 1945 / Joh Kiszely -- Manoeuvre theory in operations other than war / J.J.A. Wallace -- Buffalo thorn : the nature of the future battlefield / Alistair Irwin.