The Defence of Duffer's Drift

SWINTON, E. D.

ISBN 10: 0895293234 / ISBN 13: 9780895293237

Published by Avery Publishing, Wayne, 1986

About this Item

Illus. 72pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., spine lightly soiled. Wayne: Avery Publishing, (1986).

Seller Inventory # 208712

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Defence of Duffer's Drift
• Publisher: Avery Publishing, Wayne
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895293234
• ISBN 13: 9780895293237
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: very good(-)
• Seller catalogs:
  • MILITARY
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • ENGLAND

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Synopsis

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Guerrilla warfare; Tactics; South African War, 1899-1902; Military art and science; History / Military / General; History / Military / Strategy; History / Military / World War II; History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa; Technology

About the Author

Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868–1951) was a military writer and British Army officer. Swinton is credited with influencing the development and adoption of the tank by the British during the First World War. He is also known for popularising the term "no-mans land". Swinton was born in Bangalore, India in 1868. He was educated at University College School, Rugby School, Cheltenham College, Blackheath Proprietary School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He became an officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1888, serving in India and becoming Lieutenant in 1891. He received the Distinguished Service Order during the Second Boer War. After the war, he wrote his book on small unit tactics, The Defense of Duffer's Drift, a military classic on minor tactics that has been used by the United States military to train its officers. In the years leading up to the First World War, he served as a staff officer and as an official historian of the Russo-Japanese War. The War Minister, Lord Kitchener appointed Swinton as the official British war correspondent on the Western Front. Journalists were not allowed at the front and Swinton's reports were censored leading to an effectively uncontroversial although even-handed reporting.