TY - BOOK TI - Military Education and the British Empire, 1815-1949 SN - 9780774837545 AV - U511 .M644 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Vancouver, Toronto PB - UBC Press KW - Military Education KW - History KW - 19th Century KW - Commonwealth Countries KW - 20th Century KW - History / Europe / Great Britain KW - British Colonies KW - Great Britain KW - History, Military KW - Colonies KW - 19th century KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-241) and index N2 - Military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire and an essential ingredient for success in both war and peace. Military Education and the British Empire is the first major scholarly work to address the role of military education in maintaining the empire throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Bringing together the world's top scholars on the subject, this book places distinct national narratives - Canadian, Australian, South African, British, and Indian - within a comparative context. Ultimately, this book allows readers to consider the connections between education and empire from a transnational perspective ER -