The Evolution of Operational Art. From Napoleon to the Present

Bagnall, Nigel 119–21, 126, 130
Bagramian, General O. Kh. 83
Bailey, Jonathan 131 n.1
Balkans 123
ballistic missiles 87, 88
banditry 211
Baranov, General 86
Battle of Britain (1940) 144, 232
Battle of Midway (June 1942) 146, 149
battleships 139, 141, 144, 145, 146, 149,
156, 231,see alsonavies
Beck, Ludwig 50
Bedford, Nathan 22
BEF (British Expeditionary Force) 55, 108,
109, 110
Begin, Menahem 186
Beiping, Battle of (1949) 203
Belgium 54, 55, 119
Belleau Wood, Battle of (1918) 140
Ben-Gurion, David 167, 174
Ben-Israel, Isaac 184
Benedek, Ludwig von 40
Bernadotte, Marshal (1st Corps) 26, 28,
29, 31
Berthier, Louis Alexandre 23, 24, 25, 28,
30–1, 32
Bessieres, Marshal 25
Bewegungskrieg(war of movement) 51, 52
Bible 12, 23
Bidwell, Shelford 96–7, 101, 105
Bismarck, Otto von 42, 43
Blitzkrieg80, 119, 168, 171, 174, 175, 176,
177, 188
Blu ̈cher, Marshal Gebhard von 38
Boer, Yishai 179
Bolsheviks 70
bombing:
long-range precision 143, 144, 150,
156, 157
precision daylight 144
psychological effects on civilians of 150
Second World War campaigns 81
strategic 153, 156
Vietnam War 153
Borodino, Battle of (1812) 39
Bosnia 157
Boyen, Hermann von 26
Brezhnev, Leonid 90
Britain 175

Afghanistan, firepower in 130

army’s role seen as expeditionary 103

British Army of the Rhine 117–18, 122

cruiser tanks 116

DFID (Department for International

Development) 237

First World War and 96, 109–15

general staff, creation of 105–9

German army model 119

Gulf War and 122, 124

imperial garrisoning role of 103, 105

joint warfare and 124–7

Malayan campaign (1948–60) 130, 131

and military doctrine 119–21

National Security Strategy and 128

overseas expeditions, possible reasons

for 106

post-Cold War 121–4

Royal Navy 100, 102, 103, 106,

124–5, 141

Second World War and 115–17

Seven Years War and 37

Spanish Armada and 230

strategic culture of 100, 102–3, 113

United States and 122, 127

British Empire 103, 105, 113

Brodie, Bernard 154

Broglie, Duc de 20

Brunswick, Duke of 26, 28

Brusilov, General Aleksei 68, 69

Budennyi, S. M. 70

Bulgaria 50

Busch, Field Marshal Ernst 83–4

Callwell, Charles 103

Camon, Hubert 109

Cannae, Battle of (216 BC) 186

Cantigny, Battle of (1918) 140

capital ships,seebattleships

Carnot, Lazare 19

casualties 120, 138, 203, 236

atomic bombs 150

Chinese Civil War 199

First World War 140

Gulf War 157

Korean War 151, 204

post-heroic warfare and 183, 184

Second World War 84, 147, 149, 150

Vietnam War 153

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