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Book Synopsis An Ascendancy Army by : Allan Blackstock
Download or read book An Ascendancy Army written by Allan Blackstock and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most historians of the period in Ireland focus on revolt, the author looks at the Irishmen who became part of the British imnperial army, who at its highest point number 80,000. Yet it has been largely neglected by historians. Using a wide rang of primary sources this book reconstructs it organisatinal system and provides a membership profile in social and religious terms. The Yeomanry's origins are located in the tradition of protestant self-defence stretching back to the plantations. Its linkages with the old Irish Volunteers and the recently formed Orange Order are investigated to shed new light on the critical years leading up to the 1798 rebellion.
Book Synopsis Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand by : Paul Chambers
Download or read book Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand written by Paul Chambers and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is one of the most comprehensive studies of contemporary Thai politics seen through the careers of Thai military leaders since 1932 up until now. It is of vital importance if one is to understand present-day Thai politics.” —Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead, Chulalongkorn University (retired), author of The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism “Paul Chambers has written, arguably, the most comprehensive and detailed book on the evolution of Thailand’s military power from the post–World War II era to the present day. This lucid book is a compelling read for anyone seeking to gain insight into the transformation of the country into a praetorian kingdom, where the monarchy and the military are the most powerful institutions. His delicate exploration of the various plots, methods, strategies, twists and betrayals provides readers with valuable perspectives on the inner workings and dynamics of Thailand’s praetorian system. One of the book’s strengths lies in its use of declassified and leaked documents from the US administrations, adding a sense of excitement and credibility to the analysis.” —Puangthong Pawakapan, Chulalongkorn University, author of Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs “This study on the Thai military does not merely add to the existing critical understandings about its role in the country’s politics, it tackles the subject in a new light and challenges us to reexamine our appraisal of each military regime.” --- Dr. Chaiyan Rajchagool, University of Phayao, author of The Rise and Fall of the Thai Absolute Monarchy “This book does two significant things; first, cultivating large amounts of primary resources, and second, providing a sophisticated interpretation of Thai military ascendancy until 2023. Based on these reasons, the book is important for insightful and untold stories about the Thai military.” —Ukrist Pathmanand, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand “Monumental in scope and wondrously researched, Praetorian Kingdom is much more than the systematic study of the Thai military that has long been needed. For it is a volume that will compel readers not only to understand crucial episodes in Thailand’s modern history in new ways but also to appreciate the continuities in the country’s military politics as never before.” —Michael Montesano, Associate Senior Fellow, Thailand Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Book Synopsis Empire and Gunpowder by : Moumita Chowdhury
Download or read book Empire and Gunpowder written by Moumita Chowdhury and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare and state in South Asia in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India. The monograph argues that the contemporary Indian military landscape was extremely dynamic, with contemporary indigenous polities (Mysore, the Maratha Confederacy and the Khalsa Kingdom) attempting to transform their military systems by modelling their armies on European lines. It shows how the Company established an edge through an efficient bureaucracy and a standardised manufacturing system, while the Indian powers primarily focused on continuous innovation and failed to introduce standardisation of production. Drawing on archival records from India and the UK, this volume makes a significant intervention in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, especially military history, military and strategic studies and South Asian studies.
Book Synopsis A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus by : William Hough
Download or read book A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus written by William Hough and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carson's army written by Timothy Bowman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) was established in January 1913, as a militant expression of Ulster Unionist opposition to the Third Home Rule Bill. Academic historians have tended to overlook Ulster Loyalism. This book provides the first comprehensive study of the UVF in this period, considering in detail the composition of the officer corps, the marked regional recruiting differences, the ideologies involved, the arming and equipping of the UVF and the contingency plans made by UVF Headquarters in the event of Home Rule being imposed on Ulster. Using previously neglected sources, it demonstrates that the UVF was better armed and less well-trained, with the involvement of fewer British army officers than previous historians have allowed, and suggests that the UVF was quite capable of seizing control of Ulster and installing the Ulster Provisional Government in the event of Home Rule being implemented in 1914. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader interested in modern paramilitary forces.
Book Synopsis A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Afghanistan in the Years 1838-1839 by : William Hough
Download or read book A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Afghanistan in the Years 1838-1839 written by William Hough and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Narrative of the march and operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Affghanistan in the years 1838 - 39 by : Will Hough
Download or read book A Narrative of the march and operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Affghanistan in the years 1838 - 39 written by Will Hough and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Affghanistan in the Years 1838-1839 by : William Hough
Download or read book A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Affghanistan in the Years 1838-1839 written by William Hough and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Double Traitors? by : Allan Blackstock
Download or read book Double Traitors? written by Allan Blackstock and published by Ulster Historical Foundation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1790s a crucial battle for the mantle of the original Irish Volunteer movement of 1778-1784 was waged between the government and the United Irishmen. This was to decide which would be the dominant political and military force in Ulster. In Belfast the struggle was at its sharpest as the radicals held the initiative at first. When the yeomanry were formed in 1796-97 the United Irishmen had to decide whether to seek to take over that body of men, or to turn out independently in rebellion. Dr. Allan Blackstock, as the major historian of the yeomanry, is particularly well equipped to chart the uncertainties of this critical contest, the outcome of which helped determine the fate of the United Irish rebellion in 1798.
Book Synopsis Wales and the British overseas empire by : H.V. Bowen
Download or read book Wales and the British overseas empire written by H.V. Bowen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays is the first book to explore the many relationships that developed between Wales and the British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830. Written by leading specialists in the field, the essays explore economic, social, cultural, political, and religious interactions between Wales and the empire. The geographical coverage is very broad, with examinations of the contributions made by Wales to expansion in the Atlantic world, Caribbean, and South Asia. The book explores Welsh influences on the emergence of ‘British’ imperialism, as well as the impact that the empire had upon the development of Wales itself. The book will be of interest to academic historians, postgraduate students, and undergraduates. It will be indispensable to those interested in the history of Wales, Britain, and the empire, as well as those who wish to compare Welsh imperial experiences with those of the English, Irish, and Scots.
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire by : Karen Jones
Download or read book A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire written by Karen Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms have been studied by imperial historians mainly as means of human destruction and material production. Yet firearms have always been invested with a whole array of additional social and symbolical meanings. By placing these meanings at the centre of analysis, the essays presented in this volume extend the study of the gun beyond the confines of military history and the examination of its impact on specific colonial encounters. By bringing cultural perspectives to bear on this most pervasive of technological artefacts, the contributors explore the densely interwoven relationships between firearms and broad processes of social change. In so doing, they contribute to a fuller understanding of some of the most significant consequences of British and American imperial expansions. Not the least original feature of the book is its global frame of reference. Bringing together historians of different periods and regions, A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire overcomes traditional compartmentalisations of historical knowledge and encourages the drawing of novel and illuminating comparisons across time and space.
Book Synopsis Becoming the Arsenal by : Michael G. Carew
Download or read book Becoming the Arsenal written by Michael G. Carew and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2010 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government's New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary Gold Standard, or the "floating" of the dollar between 1933 and the 1970s. Third, and least appreciated, was the mobilization of the American economy to confront the threat of the Axis ascendancy in World War II. Becoming the Arsenal places the events of this economic mobilization in its political-economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. The book is structured in three parts. The first deals with the decision to mobilize in May-June 1940. The second part relates the importance of the World War I experience and the economic diplomatic environment of the late 1930s. The final part examines the shift from a partial mobilization to the commitment to a "Victory Plan" in the fall of 1941, and achievement of complete mobilization and its consequences, in early 1943.
Book Synopsis Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902 by : Ian F W Beckett
Download or read book Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902 written by Ian F W Beckett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during the Victorian period.
Book Synopsis The Yeomanry Cavalry and Military Identities in Rural Britain, 1815–1914 by : George Hay
Download or read book The Yeomanry Cavalry and Military Identities in Rural Britain, 1815–1914 written by George Hay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the first dedicated study of the British Yeomanry Cavalry, delving into the institution’s history from the cessation of hostilities with France in 1815 through to the eve of the First World War in 1914. This social history explores the Yeomanry’s composition and place within British society, as well as its controversial role in policing before and after Peterloo, and its unique contribution to the war in South Africa. Overturning or challenging many enduring myths and accepted truths, this book breaks new ground not just in our understanding of the Yeomanry, but the wider amateur military tradition.
Book Synopsis The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion by : Theodore Burr Gates
Download or read book The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion written by Theodore Burr Gates and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis War and the Militarization of British Army Medicine, 1793-1830 by : Catherine Kelly
Download or read book War and the Militarization of British Army Medicine, 1793-1830 written by Catherine Kelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study demonstrates the emergence and development of the identity of the ‘military medical officer’ and places their work within the broader context of changes to British medicine during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Download or read book The Army Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
