Charles Edward Callwell

Callwell, C. E.

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Maj Gen Sir Charles Edward Callwell (1859-1928), Anglo-Irish military writer and thinker, intelligence officer and talented linguist, author of Small Wars (1896) and Military Operations and Maritime Preponderance (1905). Interest in Callwell's work revived in the 1990s because of its relevance to peacekeeping and its treatment of asymmetric conflict. He was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1878 and in 1886, as a captain, was awarded the Royal United Service Institute gold medal for an essay on British army operations since 1865 which became the basis for Small Wars, assuring his career as a military writer. It was republished in 1899 and 1906 and translated into French. In the Second Boer War (1899-1902) Callwell served on the staff of Sir Redvers Buller and then commanded a mobile column. He retired in 1909 to devote himself to writing but was recalled in 1914 to be Director of Military Operations and Intelligence.

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Small Wars
Representative edition published 2012
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson V1
Representative edition published 2007
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson V2
Representative edition published 2007
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The Effect Of Maritime Command On Land Campaigns Since Waterloo
Representative edition published 2007
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Dardanelles
Representative edition published 2005
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Military operations and maritime preponderance
Representative edition published 1996
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Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, bart., G.C.B., D.S.O
Representative edition published 1927
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The life of Sir Stanley Maude, lieutenant-general
Representative edition published 1920
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The life of Sir Stanley Maude, lieutenant-general, K. C. B., C. M. G., D. S. O
Representative edition published 1920
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Experiences of a dug-out, 1914-1918
Representative edition published 1920
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The Dardanelles
Representative edition published 1919
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The Dardanelles
Representative edition published 1919
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The effect of maritime command on land campaigns since Waterloo
Representative edition published 1897
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Small Wars
Representative edition published 1991
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Small wars
Representative edition published 1990
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Field-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, bart., his life and diaries
Representative edition published 1927
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Field-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, G.C.B, D.S.O., his life and diaries
Representative edition published 1927
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Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
Representative edition published 1927
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Stray recollections
Representative edition published 1923
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Experiences of a dug-out, 1914-1918
Representative edition published 1920
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Tirah, 1897
Representative edition published 1911
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The tactics of home defense
Representative edition published 1908
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Small wars
Representative edition published 1906
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Military operations and maritime preponderance
Representative edition published 1905
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