Defence Management in Uncertain Times

Teri McConville gained practical management experience in the public sector. Following professional training and a commission in Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, she moved into the NHS where she worked as a nursing officer and Sister Tutor. Teri gained a PhD from the University of Plymouth before joining the Defence Management group at the Royal Military College of Science to teach Organisational Behaviour. She is currently involved in research activity surrounding the debate over women in combat, and the 'piggy in the middle' effect of line management Richard Holmes is Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University, Royal Military College of Science. He has written many books including Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket (2001) and has edited The Oxford Companion to Military History (2001). He regularly writes and presents television documentaries: his BBC2 series Battlefields was screened in the summer of 2001. He is Editor of the new Fields of Battle series from Cassell. Until late 2000 he was Director of Reserve Forces and Cadets in the MoD having served in the Territorial Army as an infantry officer since 1969McConville, Teri is the author of 'Defence Management in Uncertain Times', published 2003 under ISBN 9780714684147 and ISBN 0714684147.