Robert Foley
My research focuses on two main areas:
1) The history of German military thought and operations from 1871 to 1945, with an emphasis on the First World War. This began with my PhD thesis focusing on the development of the strategy of attrition in German army from 1871 to 1916. My thesis was subsequently published by Cambridge University Press as German Strategy and the Path to Verdun. I have also published an annotated translation of Alfred von Schlieffen's writings and have published and lectured extensively on the subject of German war planning and doctrine development before 1914. I am currently finishing a book for Cambridge University Press entitled 'The German Army in the First World War.'
2) Building on this research, I have recently begun a project examining how armed forces learn, particularly under pressure of ongoing operations. This collaborative project has both historical and contemporary elements, as well as drawing on theory about organizational learning and knowledge management.
I am currently Head of the Defence Studies Department, King's College London, and Dean of Academic Studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Before this post, I taught in the School of History at the University of Liverpool for seven years.
Address: Defence Studies Department
King's College London
Joint Services Command and Staff College
Shrivenham, Wilts.
SN6 8TS
United Kingdom
1) The history of German military thought and operations from 1871 to 1945, with an emphasis on the First World War. This began with my PhD thesis focusing on the development of the strategy of attrition in German army from 1871 to 1916. My thesis was subsequently published by Cambridge University Press as German Strategy and the Path to Verdun. I have also published an annotated translation of Alfred von Schlieffen's writings and have published and lectured extensively on the subject of German war planning and doctrine development before 1914. I am currently finishing a book for Cambridge University Press entitled 'The German Army in the First World War.'
2) Building on this research, I have recently begun a project examining how armed forces learn, particularly under pressure of ongoing operations. This collaborative project has both historical and contemporary elements, as well as drawing on theory about organizational learning and knowledge management.
I am currently Head of the Defence Studies Department, King's College London, and Dean of Academic Studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Before this post, I taught in the School of History at the University of Liverpool for seven years.
Address: Defence Studies Department
King's College London
Joint Services Command and Staff College
Shrivenham, Wilts.
SN6 8TS
United Kingdom
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Commissioned by The Folio Society to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, this magnificent and moving book relives the most terrible military campaign in British history through the accounts of participants from both sides, from the generals at headquarters to the ordinary soldiers in the trenches. Their experiences of the horror and suffering in the battle that has come to represent all the futility and tragedy of World War I remain unforgettably vivid; yet their stories also glitter with heroism, humour, and a formidable spirit of resilience that stands out amidst the dreadful slaughter.
Commissioned by The Folio Society to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, this magnificent and moving book relives the most terrible military campaign in British history through the accounts of participants from both sides, from the generals at headquarters to the ordinary soldiers in the trenches. Their experiences of the horror and suffering in the battle that has come to represent all the futility and tragedy of World War I remain unforgettably vivid; yet their stories also glitter with heroism, humour, and a formidable spirit of resilience that stands out amidst the dreadful slaughter.