Papers by William P. Tatum Iii
Transnational Subjects: History, Society and Culture, 2011
While continuing criticisms of the Atlantic World Paradigm have
challenged its efficacy as means... more While continuing criticisms of the Atlantic World Paradigm have
challenged its efficacy as means of understanding early modern
transnational history, there remain areas in which it ably fits the
available evidence. One of these is the eighteenth-century British Army,
whose centralized administration and constant rotation of personnel
through overseas posts made it a truly Atlantic institution. This article
will explore this dynamic by examining how the British military justice
system served as a conduit for the transmission of attitudes regarding
civilian intervention in military affairs from the imperial metropole to
the periphery.
Reviews trends in the so-called "New Military History" from the 1970s through the first decade of... more Reviews trends in the so-called "New Military History" from the 1970s through the first decade of the twenty-first century with particular reference to studies of the eighteenth-century British Army.
Invited review of Gordon Bannerman's recent book.
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Papers by William P. Tatum Iii
challenged its efficacy as means of understanding early modern
transnational history, there remain areas in which it ably fits the
available evidence. One of these is the eighteenth-century British Army,
whose centralized administration and constant rotation of personnel
through overseas posts made it a truly Atlantic institution. This article
will explore this dynamic by examining how the British military justice
system served as a conduit for the transmission of attitudes regarding
civilian intervention in military affairs from the imperial metropole to
the periphery.
challenged its efficacy as means of understanding early modern
transnational history, there remain areas in which it ably fits the
available evidence. One of these is the eighteenth-century British Army,
whose centralized administration and constant rotation of personnel
through overseas posts made it a truly Atlantic institution. This article
will explore this dynamic by examining how the British military justice
system served as a conduit for the transmission of attitudes regarding
civilian intervention in military affairs from the imperial metropole to
the periphery.