Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semi-official, and private correspondence, Beckett's work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer's career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes.
- | Author: Ian F. W. Beckett
- | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
- | Publication Date: 18-Aug-21
- | Number of Pages: 368 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 080616171X
- | ISBN-13: 9780806161716