About the Author

Professor Ian F. W. Beckett is Professor of Military History at the University of Kent. He has previously held chairs at the University of Northampton, the US Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia, the University of Luton and the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Chairman of the Army Records Society. His publications include The Great War, 1914-18, Territorials: A Century of Service, A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War , The Oxford History of the British Army (co-edited with David Chandler), Riflemen Form, Haig's Generals (co-edited with Stephen Corvi), Victoria's Generals (co-edited with Stephen Corvi), Ypres: The First Battle 1914 and Britain's Part-time Soldiers.