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Review: G. Kennedy (ed.), Imperial Defence: The Old World Order 1856—1956, London: Routledge, 2008; viii + 338 pp.; £80.00 hbk; ISBN 9780415355957

Review: G. Kennedy (ed.), Imperial Defence: The Old World Order 1856—1956, London: Routledge,... Journal of Contemporary History Copyright © 2010 The Author. Vol 45(1), 211–248. ISSN 0022–0094. DOI: 10.1177/0022009409349967 Reviews G. Kennedy (ed.), Imperial Defence: The Old World Order 1856–1956, London: Routledge, 2008; viii + 338 pp.; £80.00 hbk; ISBN 9780415355957 This latest addition to the Cass Military Studies presents a massive array of material, and to do so Greg Kennedy has enlisted the aid of a vast array of scholars. Unsurprisingly, it is an impressive cast, including chapters by Andrew Lambert, John Ferris, David French, Keith Neilson, George Peden and many others. As a naval historian myself, I am fully alongside the idea of the centrality of the Royal Navy in the imperial defence framework; and it could be expected that I would be disappointed in that only 2 out of the 14 chapters are concerned specifically with the Navy. Yet the breadth of subjects within imperial defence covered within this single volume is quite inspiring. There is an interesting tranche of chapters on the Foreign Office, as well as chapters on the Naval, Army and Air Force contributions to imperial defence. It is, however, the inclusion of chapters covering the Treasury, intelligence, propa- ganda, religion, the perspectives of the colonies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Contemporary History SAGE

Review: G. Kennedy (ed.), Imperial Defence: The Old World Order 1856—1956, London: Routledge, 2008; viii + 338 pp.; £80.00 hbk; ISBN 9780415355957

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Journal of Contemporary History Copyright © 2010 The Author. Vol 45(1), 211–248. ISSN 0022–0094. DOI: 10.1177/0022009409349967 Reviews G. Kennedy (ed.), Imperial Defence: The Old World Order 1856–1956, London: Routledge, 2008; viii + 338 pp.; £80.00 hbk; ISBN 9780415355957 This latest addition to the Cass Military Studies presents a massive array of material, and to do so Greg Kennedy has enlisted the aid of a vast array of scholars. Unsurprisingly, it is an impressive cast, including chapters by Andrew Lambert, John Ferris, David French, Keith Neilson, George Peden and many others. As a naval historian myself, I am fully alongside the idea of the centrality of the Royal Navy in the imperial defence framework; and it could be expected that I would be disappointed in that only 2 out of the 14 chapters are concerned specifically with the Navy. Yet the breadth of subjects within imperial defence covered within this single volume is quite inspiring. There is an interesting tranche of chapters on the Foreign Office, as well as chapters on the Naval, Army and Air Force contributions to imperial defence. It is, however, the inclusion of chapters covering the Treasury, intelligence, propa- ganda, religion, the perspectives of the colonies

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