Background
Ira D. Gruber was born January 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
(By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connect...)
By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connections, their relationships with the British ministry, their attitude toward the Revolution, and their military activities in America, Gruber answers the frequently asked question of why the British failed to end the American Revolution in its early years. This book supersedes earlier studies because of its broader research and because it elucidates the complex personal interplay between Whitehall and its commanders. Originally published in 1974. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Historians have long understood that books were important to the British army in defining the duties of its officers, regulating tactics, developing the art of war, and recording the history of campaigns and commanders. Now, in this groundbreaking analysis, Ira D. Gruber identifies which among over nine hundred books on war were considered most important by British officers and how those books might have affected the army from one era to another. By examining the preferences of some forty-two officers who served between the War of the Spanish Succession and the French Revolution, Gruber shows that by the middle of the eighteenth century British officers were discriminating in their choices of books on war and, further, that their emerging preference for Continental books affected their understanding of warfare and their conduct of operations in the American Revolution. In their increasing enthusiasm for books on war, Gruber concludes, British officers were laying the foundation for the nineteenth-century professionalization of their nation's officer corps. Gruber's analysis is enhanced with detailed and comprehensive bibliographies and tables.
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Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World concentrates on selected campaigns and battles, showing how political and military leaders in the West have used armies to wage war effectively over the last four centuries. The text moves through the centuries, discussing how operational developments and technological improvements eventually led to the concept of total war, first approached in the American Civil War and culminating in the twentieth century's two world wars.
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(Historians have long understood that books were important...)
Historians have long understood that books were important to the British army in defining the duties of its officers, regulating tactics, developing the art of war, and recording the history of campaigns and commanders. Now, in this groundbreaking analysis, Ira D. Gruber identifies which among over nine hundred books on war were considered most important by British officers and how those books mig...
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(Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World c...)
Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World concentrates on selected campaigns and battles, showing how political and military leaders in the West have used armies to wage war effectively over the last four centuries. The text moves through the centuries, discussing how operational developments and technological improvements eventually led to the concept of total war, first approached in the American Civil War and culminating in the twentieth century's two world wars.
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Military historian university professor
Ira D. Gruber was born January 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
He attended Duke University and served in the United States Navy Reserve. Gruber earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy from Duke University. He became a professor at Duke after earning his Doctor of Philosophy in 1961.
From 1955-1957 he held the title of crypto security officer on the United States Ship Wiltsie. He later held the positions of fellow at the Institute of Early American History and Culture, assistant professor of history at Occidental College, and Harris Masterson, Junior. Professor Emeritus of History at Rice University.
During his long teaching career, Gruber published several works on the theme of American military history, specifically regarding the American Revolution.
His most recent publication, Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution, examines the books read by military officers during the revolution and how these books may have influenced their techniques and decisions. Another book, The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution, discusses the failure of the Howe Brothers to restore the British government in America.
(By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connect...)
(Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World c...)
(Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World c...)
(Historians have long understood that books were important...)
(Historians have long understood that books were important...)
Married; 3 children.