{"product_id":"quick-training-for-war-robert-baden-powell-9781472837943","title":"Quick Training for War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOsprey is proud to reissue this historically significant publication, which offers a unique insight into perceptions of how to wage war in 1914.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating little book, Baden-Powell uses his extensive military experience and memories of service in Africa to distill soldiering down to 'the four C-s': Courage, Common sense, Cunning and Cheerfulness. With observations gleaned from his campaigns against the Zulus, the Ashanti and the Boers during the period 1876-1910 (and even from conversations with the German Kaiser), B-P discusses all aspects of military service from digging trenches and earth-works to \"inculcating cheerfulness in your men.\" This period document gives a unique insight into the mindset of the British officer in 1914; advocating a training system that encapsulated Edwardian values, conventional military thinking and centuries of army tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuick Training For War\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect example of the type of war the British expected to fight and which they prepared for in 1914, and it became a standard survival guide for many British troops. Personable in tone, this is the well-intentioned, no-nonsense advice of a seasoned campaigner - albeit an officer more accustomed to scouting on the South African veldt than struggling through Somme mud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Baden-Powell,Martin Robson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472837940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472837943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.70h x 4.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert Baden-Powell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965255729407,"sku":"9781472837943","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5dece9cc-5a98-4b07-8c09-e848e51839e3.jpg?v=1767279297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quick-training-for-war-robert-baden-powell-9781472837943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}