"The Imperial Army Project" shortlisted for SAHR Templer Medal

The Society for Army Historical Research has announced the shortlist for the 2018 SAHR Templer Medal competition.

Professor Douglas Delaney’s The Imperial Army Project: Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945 (OUP) has been shortlisted. Professor Delaney worked on his book during his Visiting Research Fellowship at CCW.

The other finalists are:

  • Prof Ian Beckett with A British Profession of Arms: The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army (Oklahoma UP)

  • Prof Helen Parr with Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper (Allen Lane/Penguin)

The winners will be announced on 9 April 2019 at the National Army Museum. Members can find out more about the AMM and register a place here.