Notes
This article is a revised version of a paper presented to the Imperial History and Military History Seminars at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and the author is grateful to the organizers (among whom were Brian Bond, Michael Dockrill, David French, Freda Harcourt, Peter Marshall, Andrew Porter and Brian Holden Reid) for that opportunity. Earlier drafts benefited from the scrutiny of David Arnold, John Darwin, Tony Henderson, Martin Kolinsky, John MacKenzie and Jeff Rudd, none of whom are responsible for any errors of fact or expressions of opinion in the final version. Except where stated, all documentary references are to the Public Record Office, Kew, London.