Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 13/54
Title
Correspondence with Captain Basil Liddell Hart, 1921-1932, chiefly relating to their publications
Date(s)
- 1921 Nov 28 - 1932 Nov 5 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 87 letters
Scope and content
Correspondence between Hamilton and Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart, mainly comprising mutual appreciations of each other's publications, particularly Hamilton's article on 'The art of war since 1910', for the Encyclopedia Britannica. With typescript copy of Liddell Hart's memorandum of 1924, 'New methods and developments of method in the post war doctrine of the army' intended for presentation to Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, Chairman of the Committee of Imperial Defence. 1 file, 87 letters