SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.]
The Army Quarterly for January (Cloves, 7s. 6d. net) contains several important articles on the history of the War, notably Captain C. T. Atkinson's summary of General Liman von Sanders's book on his Palestine campaign and General Edmonds's
critical account of the experiences of the German Second Cavilry Corps at Le Cateau. Colonel Fuller discusses in a thoughtful and informing fashion some of the " Problems of Mechanical Warfare."
" If we are to remodel our Army, there can be little doubt that we shoe id remodel it round the petrol engine, our object being to proauce, within the limits of the Army Estimates, a force of men who can effect a higher hourly output of victory than is possible with our Army of to-day."
An Experimental Brigade at Aldershot is testing the theory that in a campaign infantry and artillery, as well as the transport, can be readily moved across any sort of country by mechanical traction. We may draw attention also to Sir Frederick Maurice's caustic article on " Politics and Strategy," suggested by the memoirs of Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson and dealing especially with Mr. Lloyd George's conduct in 1917-18.
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