What Bill Slim Did Next: The Reopening of the Imperial Defence College
In: The RUSI journal: publication of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Band 161, Heft 4, S. 64-70
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In: The RUSI journal: publication of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Band 161, Heft 4, S. 64-70
ISSN: 1744-0378
In: U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper No. 2016-45
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In: Stewart , A 2016 , ' What Bill Slim Did Next : Re-opening the Imperial Defence College ' , RUSI Journal , vol. 161 , no. 4 , pp. 64-70 .
In April 1946, the first post-war course of the Imperial Defence College got underway with General Bill Slim as the new Commandant. This was a period of uncertainty both about what the future would hold for Britain and the position it held within the radically altered international system. The college had been established during the inter-war years to provide an opportunity for senior military officers and civil servants from Britain and the Commonwealth to gain a better understanding of higher strategy and how it was conducted. With the war won, its re-opening became a priority for the British government and military but there were a number of challenges that would first have to be overcome mostly connected with the country's much weakened financial position. The men who began their studies in London would spend much of their time studying what is now referred to as 'soft' and 'hard' power and the eight months of their course provided them with a much better understanding of the influence Britain now had in the changed world.
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