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Author : Roger Norman Buckley
Publisher : University of the West Indies Press
ISBN 13 : 9789766400637
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The British Army in the West Indies written by Roger Norman Buckley and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Humphrey Metzgen
Publisher : University of the West Indies Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Caribbean Wars Untold written by Humphrey Metzgen and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contribution made to Britain's wealth by its Caribbean colonies is well known. Far less known - indeed dismissively ignored - are the contributions made over the centuries by West Indians to Britain's hard-won military victories, most notably in the two World Wars. At last this injustice has been redressed. In this single volume, the authors tell the compelling story of the Caribbean during nearly five centuries of warfare from the time of Columbus to the present decade; of how West Indian consistently rallied to Britain's side in its many years of peril, volunteers for service in its armed forces or more recently also for work in its wartime factories and forests. The book spotlights the deeds and hardships of West Indian soldiers long engaged in Africa and the Middle East, and of the many who enlisted too in the air forces and merchant navies of the Allies. And it describes the ferocious German submarine campaign in Caribbean waters, the impact that it had on life in the islands and how it was defeated; and it defines also the consequences - social, political and economic - of the World Wars on both the British West Indies and the United Kingdom. Above all, this book is written as a tribute to every West Indian veteran of Britain's wars; also to foster in the generation now growing up an awareness of the sacrifices of their forebears and pride in their achievements.
Author : Martin Howard
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781593418
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Death Before Glory written by Martin Howard and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Before Glory! is a highly readable, thoroughly researched and comprehensive study of the British army's campaigns in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period and of the extraordinary experiences of the soldiers who served there. Rich in sugar, cotton, coffee and slaves, the region was a key to British prosperity and it was perhaps even more important to her greatest enemy Ð France. Yet, until now, the history of this vital theatre of the Napoleonic Wars has been seriously neglected. Not only does Martin Howard describe, in graphic detail, the entirety of the British campaigns in the region between 1793 and 1815, he also focuses on the human experience of the men Ð the climate and living conditions, the rations and diet, military discipline and training, the treatment of the wounded and the impact of disease. Martin Howard's thoroughgoing and original work is the essential account of this fascinating but often overlooked aspect of the history of the British army and the Napoleonic Wars.
Author : Alfred Burdon Ellis
Publisher : Aegitas
ISBN 13 : 0369406206
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)
Download or read book The History of the First West India Regiment written by Alfred Burdon Ellis and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elite regiment from the CaribbeanThis is an excellent regiment history of a British colonial force raised in the West Indies among the coloured population whose ancestors had in former times been brought against their will to the islands as slaves. Essential for all those interested in the British Army and its colonial forces. It saw service away from its familiar shores including the War of 1812 during the Napoleonic period and on the African continent in action against the Ashanti.This fascinating book reveals the exploits of an unusual regiment undertaking exemplary service in unusual theatres of operation. Lucia, Dominica, Barbados and many others islands. Vincent, St. Its service continued through many actions in the Indies themselves including service on Martinique, St. The regiments has a long career dating to the middle of the eighteenth century and the War of American Independence. However, the fact remains this regiment has been highly regarded and received the warmest praise from every commander who served with them-including the legendary Sir John Moore of Peninsular War fame, who believed them to be invaluable. This would be an understandable reason why such troops would not necessarily be of the highest order. Available in soft cover or hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.
Author : Roger N. Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Destruction of the British Army in the West Indies 1793-1815 written by Roger N. Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Norman Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300022162
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (221 download)
Download or read book Slaves in Red Coats written by Roger Norman Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckley's acute analysis shows how the creation of a large body of slave soldiers caused dramatic modifications in the social order. To avoid conflict with police regulations, for example, it was necessary in 1807 for Parliament to manumit 10,000 military slaves by a single act. Slaves in Red Coats is the first systematic analysis of the effect of war on New World slavery.
Author : Roger Buckley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521007252
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The United States in the Asia-Pacific Since 1945 written by Roger Buckley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fast-moving and incisive narrative, Roger Buckley examines America s close and continuous relationship with the Asia-Pacific region from the end of the Pacific War to the first days of the Presidency of George W. Bush. The author traces the responses of the United States government to the major crises in the area through the Cold War decades and the initial post-Cold War years. He demonstrates how the US sought to maintain its dominant regional position through a series of security alliances and its own political, military and economic strengths. Professor Buckley examines the subject from geopolitical perspectives to provide a gateway to the understanding of a complex region certain to be of global importance in the twenty-first century.
Author : Blondel Cluff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911233053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The West Indian Soldier written by Blondel Cluff and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominiek Dendooven
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399067737
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The British West Indies Regiment written by Dominiek Dendooven and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a military-political history with a vital and all-pervading cultural and social theme which shapes the narrative - race, color and prejudice. But despite this, there is an extraordinary underlying theme of empire loyalty among serving soldiers - NCOs and private soldiers - and a growing grasp of political ideas and liberal democracy. And the loyalty to the British crown as an agent of the ending of slavery will be amazing to some readers. War experience was a powerful catalyst and contributed to a 'West Indianess' and desire for political advance. But even here the desire was for independence within the empire - a 'West Indian Dominion' as with 'elder sisters' of empire, the Dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. The political and economic status of the islands was a potent reason for the 'colored contingents' enlisting - work was scarce - but a major impetus was the cultural concept of 'manliness' and empire-status - shared by George V, who insisted, against government pressure, on allowing West Indians to serve with white British soldiers. But all were volunteers and not enlisted men. The West Indies Regiment was small and its contribution in action limited, and restricted largely to Egypt and Mesopotamia, and with limited service on the Western Front. But it shows vividly the ingrained racialism and color prejudice of British society and the British Army and above all, in the insensitive omission of the West Indies Regiment at the Victory Parade in 1919.
Author : Michael Duffy
Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Soldiers, Sugar, and Seapower written by Michael Duffy and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's war with Revolutionary France in the Caribbean was one of the most difficult and dangerous in British history. Why was this war so important to England? Casting new light on British military power and its connection with economic strength, this book reveals how the war in the West Indies changed the future of the Caribbean, altered European attitudes towards blacks, and enabled Britain to sustain its war effort in Europe.
Author : Bryan Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book “The” History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies: An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo : comprehending an account of the revolt of the Negroes in the year 1791, and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island, in the years 1793 & 1794. A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791, and 1792 : by Sir William Young. History of the war in the West Indies, from its commencement in 1793 written by Bryan Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Dyde
Publisher : Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789768163097
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The Empty Sleeve written by Brian Dyde and published by Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of the West India Regiments of the British Army.
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781855326002
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)
Download or read book British Forces in the West Indies 1793–1815 written by René Chartrand and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1996-05-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries ago, the West Indies were a booming set of islands where vast fortunes were made. By the late 1790s, the West Indies attracted four-fifths of British overseas capital investments and provided over one-eight of the government's £31.5 million total net revenue to the Treasury. These figures explain the tremendous numbers of naval and military forces deployed to protect these valuable Caribbean territories during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and beyond. This fascinating volume by Réne Chartrand examines these forces, including a wealth of illustrations and photographs and eight full page colour plates by Paul Chappell.
Author : John William Fortescue
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342297054
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)
Download or read book A History of the British Army written by John William Fortescue and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521675383
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Redcoats written by Stephen Brumwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, scholarship has highlighted the significance of the Seven Years War for the destiny of Britain's Atlantic empire. This major 2001 study offers an important perspective through a vivid and scholarly account of the regular troops at the sharp end of that conflict's bloody and decisive American campaigns. Sources are employed to challenge enduring stereotypes regarding both the social composition and military prowess of the 'redcoats'. This shows how the humble soldiers who fought from Novia Scotia to Cuba developed a powerful esprit de corps that equipped them to defy savage discipline in defence of their 'rights'. It traces the evolution of Britain's 'American Army' from a feeble, conservative and discredited organisation into a tough, flexible and innovative force whose victories ultimately won the respect of colonial Americans. By providing a voice for these neglected shock-troops of empire, Redcoats adds flesh and blood to Georgian Britain's 'sinews of power'.
Author : Craig S. Chapman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640124926
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Disaster on the Spanish Main written by Craig S. Chapman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster on the Spanish Main unveils and illuminates an overlooked yet remarkable episode of European and American military history and a land-sea venture to seize control of the Spanish West Indies that ended in ghastly failure. Thirty-four years before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a significant force of American soldiers deployed overseas for the first time in history. Colonial volunteers, 4,000 strong, joined 9,000 British soldiers and 15,000 British sailors in a bold amphibious campaign against the key port of Cartagena de Indias. From its first chapter, Disaster on the Spanish Main reveals a virtually unknown adventure, engrosses with the escalating conflict, and leaves the reader with an appreciation for the struggles and sacrifices of the 13,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines who died trying to conquer part of Spain’s New World empire. Disaster on the Spanish Main breaks new ground on the West Indies expedition in style, scope, and perspective and uncovers the largely untold American side of the story.
Author : Henry Capadose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sixteen Years in the West Indies written by Henry Capadose and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
