Item HAMILTON, ISM 16/178 - Text of article by Hamilton, 'The art of war since 1910' for Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1926

Typescript of Hamilton's article on'The art of war since 1910' for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, referring to the threat of war in 1926; the role of FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, as Secretary of State for War; conduct of the British Government and General Staff during World War One; differences in the High Commands during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; contemporary reorganisation of the British Chiefs of Staff; failure of the British Army to adopt mechanisation and the tank. 44pp