David French
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199548231
- eISBN:
- 9780191739224
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199548231.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Military History
This chapter examines how the army prepared to fight high intensity conventional operations against Soviet forces in Europe or the Middle East. It explores the development of its war‐fighting ...
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This chapter examines how the army prepared to fight high intensity conventional operations against Soviet forces in Europe or the Middle East. It explores the development of its war‐fighting doctrine for conventional operations in the decade after 1945, and suggests that critics who have argued that its thinking had stultified are mistaken. It looks at the likely balance of forces that might have been pitted against each other in the two theatres, and examine the plans that the British evolved. Finally, it explores the army's readiness to fight in Europe, which would have been the decisive theatre, by analysing the conduct of the series of manoeuvres that it conducted between 1949 and 1952.Less
This chapter examines how the army prepared to fight high intensity conventional operations against Soviet forces in Europe or the Middle East. It explores the development of its war‐fighting doctrine for conventional operations in the decade after 1945, and suggests that critics who have argued that its thinking had stultified are mistaken. It looks at the likely balance of forces that might have been pitted against each other in the two theatres, and examine the plans that the British evolved. Finally, it explores the army's readiness to fight in Europe, which would have been the decisive theatre, by analysing the conduct of the series of manoeuvres that it conducted between 1949 and 1952.
David Ward
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199211470
- eISBN:
- 9780191728143
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211470.003.0010
- Subject:
- Biology, Ecology
There is a common myth that deserts are extremely sensitive to perturbation. While it is true that tracks made decades ago can still be seen in certain desert areas, there are also large regions of ...
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There is a common myth that deserts are extremely sensitive to perturbation. While it is true that tracks made decades ago can still be seen in certain desert areas, there are also large regions of deserts that show little negative impact of heavy use by humans. This paradox can be explained by considering the interactions between the high spatial and temporal variability in rainfall, and patterns of human disturbance. Desertification is of great concern in many parts of the world, yet people struggle to define it. Losses of agricultural productivity are associated with the process of desertification, although these can have other causes such as declining returns from certain agricultural products. Indeed, it is the long-term declines in productivity and ecosystem function that are most closely tied to desertification. These are usually caused by direct human intervention.Less
There is a common myth that deserts are extremely sensitive to perturbation. While it is true that tracks made decades ago can still be seen in certain desert areas, there are also large regions of deserts that show little negative impact of heavy use by humans. This paradox can be explained by considering the interactions between the high spatial and temporal variability in rainfall, and patterns of human disturbance. Desertification is of great concern in many parts of the world, yet people struggle to define it. Losses of agricultural productivity are associated with the process of desertification, although these can have other causes such as declining returns from certain agricultural products. Indeed, it is the long-term declines in productivity and ecosystem function that are most closely tied to desertification. These are usually caused by direct human intervention.
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853232094
- eISBN:
- 9781846317262
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317262.019
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter discusses events that occurred between May and December 1989. These include the British Government's cancellation of military manoeuvres scheduled to take place off Gibraltar on 13 May, ...
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This chapter discusses events that occurred between May and December 1989. These include the British Government's cancellation of military manoeuvres scheduled to take place off Gibraltar on 13 May, in case the Spanish Government interpreted them as a provocation; the re–emergence of comparisons between Gibraltar and Hong Kong; and Gibraltar's appeal to the European Court of Justice to nullify the agreement signed between Spain and Britain in December 1987, which excluded Gibraltar's airport from the directive until there was a terminal available to Spain.Less
This chapter discusses events that occurred between May and December 1989. These include the British Government's cancellation of military manoeuvres scheduled to take place off Gibraltar on 13 May, in case the Spanish Government interpreted them as a provocation; the re–emergence of comparisons between Gibraltar and Hong Kong; and Gibraltar's appeal to the European Court of Justice to nullify the agreement signed between Spain and Britain in December 1987, which excluded Gibraltar's airport from the directive until there was a terminal available to Spain.
