Author: Ira D. GruberPublisher:
ISBN: 9781469622156
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution
Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution
Author: Ira D. GruberPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution
A Nation in Arms
Author: Ian F. W. BeckettPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473816629
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of over five million. A Nation in Arms brings together original research into the impact of the war on the army as an institution, gives a revealing account of those who served in it and offers fascinating insights into its social history during one of the bloodiest wars.
Inside the British Army
Author: Antony BeevorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780552138185
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
With the British Army in Philadelphia, 1777-1778
Author: John W. JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Oxford History of the British Army
Author: David G. ChandlerPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192853333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are all covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight, making this the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike. Book jacket.
The British Army from Within
Author: Evelyn Charles VivianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Changing of the Guard
Author: Simon AkamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781922310279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
The British Army From Within (Classic Reprint)
Author: E. Charles VivianPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483400375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Excerpt from The British Army From Within At the best, there is much in the work that a soldier is called on to do which is beyond his under standing, in the first years of his service. One consequence of this is that he learns to do things without questioning their meaning, and thus acquires a habit of obeying; this, up to a few years ago, was the Object of military training to instil into the soldier unquestioning obedience to orders, and the sentence obedience is the first duty of the soldier, gained currency and labelled the soldier as a mere cog in a great machine, one whose duty lay in obeying as did that Roman sentinel at Pompeu. One of the chief lessons of the South African war, however, was that such obedience was no longer the first duty of the soldier he must obey, no less than before, but scientific warfare demands an understanding obedience, and not the unquestioning, die-at-his post fidelity of old time. The recruit 'of to-day must be taught not only to obey, but to understand, and by that fact the work of his instructors, and his own work as well, are largely increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Making Of The British Army
Author: Allan MallinsonPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409085813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realized that war could no longer be waged in the old, feudal way: there had to be system and discipline, and therefore - eventually - a standing professional army. From the 'New Model Army' of Cromwell's distant vision, former soldier Allan Mallinson shows us the people and events that have shaped the British army we know today. How Marlborough's momentous victory at Blenheim is linked to Wellington's at Waterloo; how the desperate fight at Rorke's Drift in 1879 underpinned the heroism of the airborne forces at Arnhem in 1944; and why Montgomery's momentous victory at El Alamein mattered long after the Second World War was over . . . From the British Army's origins at the battle of Edgehill to the recent conflict in Afghanistan, The Making of the British Army is history at its most relevant - and most dramatic.
Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914
Author: Richard HolmesPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007370342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown.