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The Oxford History of the British Army

Author : David G. Chandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192803115
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Army written by David G. Chandler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Napoleonic Wars to the battle of the Falklands, from the pike and musket to the Challenger tank, The Oxford History of the British Army brings to life the far-reaching history of this long-lived institution. This definitive one-volume reference provides a wealth of historical detail as it takes readers on a lively journey through the annals of the British Army. Here are vivid descriptions of all the famous military campaigns and battles--from Agincourt and Crecy, to Trafalgar, Waterloo, and Yorktown Heights, to Dunkirk and D-Day--as well as insightful portraits of the great commanders, including Edward I, the Duke of Marlborough, Cromwell, the Duke of Wellington, and Field Marshall Montgomery. Military experts and military history buffs will be particularly interested in the special sections that highlight vital aspects of the Army, including tactics, weaponry, and major figures. Finally, the volume boasts a distinguished roster of contributors, including not only prominent military historians, but also former servicemen, who provide expert technical insight and vivid, eyewitness accounts of modern soldiering and warfare. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Oxford History of the British Army will fascinate military history buffs as well as anyone seeking a broader understanding of British or modern world history.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army

Author : David G. Chandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army written by David G. Chandler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf campaign, the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Drawing on the latest scholarship, this survey shows how British fighting forces have evolved over the last five centuries. The continuities revealed are sometimes surprising: narrow recruitment patterns, friction between soldiers and civilians, financial constraints and recurrent political pressure for economies are constant themes. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight. The British army has been remarkably successful in fighting terms, losing only one major war (of American Independence 1775-83). As one of the engines of empire it has been active all over the world, as well as shaping the internal destiny of the nation in civil war and revolution. Its history is charted in a sequence of chronological chapters, each containing special feature articles, beginning with the medieval, Elizabethan, and Restoration army and moving on through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the two world wars of the twentieth. The book concludes with accounts of the army of British India, the amateur military tradition, the British way in warfare, and an assessment of what the future may hold in the light of the Options for Change review. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour, and with a detailed chronology and further reading lists, this is thedefinitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike.

From the Battlefield to the Stage

Author : Norman S. Poser
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228015642
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book From the Battlefield to the Stage written by Norman S. Poser and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known today chiefly for his surrender to the American forces at Saratoga, New York, in 1777, General John Burgoyne was one of the most interesting – and extraordinary – figures of the eighteenth century. In From the Battlefield to the Stage Norman Poser provides a rounded biography, covering not only the Saratoga campaign but also elements of Burgoyne’s eventful life that have never been adequately explored. At the age of twenty-eight, Burgoyne eloped with Charlotte Stanley, the daughter of the immensely wealthy and influential Earl of Derby. Though initially furious, the earl, convinced of the young officer’s good character, eventually forgave the couple, and the Stanley family became a major influence in Burgoyne’s life and career. He was a socialite, welcome in London’s fashionable drawing rooms, a high-stakes gambler in its elite clubs, and a playwright whose social comedies were successfully performed on the London stage. As a member of Parliament for thirty years, Burgoyne supported the rule of law, fought the corruption of the East India Company, and advocated religious tolerance. From the Battlefield to the Stage paints a vivid portrait of General John Burgoyne, remembering him not only for his role in one of Britain’s worst military disasters but also as a brave, talented, humane man.

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Military Academy. By George Bullen

Author : Great Britain. Army. Educational and Training Establishments. Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information

Author : John Merry Ross
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385479142
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Criticism of American, British, European and Classical Authors

Author : United States Military Academy. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Criticism of American, British, European and Classical Authors written by United States Military Academy. Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The British and Foreign Medico Chirurgical Review

Author : Quarterly Journal of Practical medicine and surgery
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375005423
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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The Classics and Colonial India

Author : Phiroze Vasunia
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191626074
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Classics and Colonial India written by Phiroze Vasunia and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. It examines some of the great figures of the colonial period such as Gandhi, Nehru, Macaulay, Jowett, and William Jones, and covers a range of different disciplines as it sweeps from the eighteenth century to the end of the British Raj in the twentieth. Using a variety of materials, including archival documents and familiar texts, Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the thoughts and minds of the British colonizers. His book highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity and analyses how Indians turned to ancient Greece and Rome during the colonial period for a variety of purposes, including anti-colonialism, nationalism, and collaboration. Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this volume will be of interest to literary scholars and historians of the classical world, the British Empire, and South Asia.

The Company's Sword

Author : Christina Welsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110898102X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Company's Sword written by Christina Welsch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighteenth century, it was a cliché that the East India Company ruled India 'by the sword.' Christina Welsch shows how Indian and European soldiers shaped and challenged the Company's political expansion and how elite officers turned those dynamics into a bid for 'stratocracy' – a state dominated by its army. Combining colonial records with Mughal Persian sources from Indian states, The Company's Sword offers new insight into India's eighteenth-century military landscape, showing how elite officers positioned themselves as the sole actors who could navigate, understand, and control those networks. Focusing on south India, rather than the Company's better-studied territories in Bengal, the analysis provides a new approach, chronology, and geography through which to understand the Company Raj. It offers a fresh perspective of the Company's collapse after the rebellions of 1857, tracing the deep roots of that conflict to the Company's eighteenth-century development.

Gun Digest, 1992

Author : Ken Warner
Publisher : DBI Books
ISBN 13 : 9780873491174
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Gun Digest, 1992 written by Ken Warner and published by DBI Books. This book was released on 1991-07 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With sales of nearly a quarter million copies each year, Gun Digest is the most authoritative book on the subject of firearms available today. The front half of the book consists of the best writing available on firearms subjects. The back half of the book consists of a complete catalog of all firearms manufactured in or imported to the U.S. with full specifications and prices.

Dictionary of National Biography

Author : Leslie Stephen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1414 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Haking: A Dutiful Soldier

Author : Michael Senior
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781598126
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Haking: A Dutiful Soldier written by Michael Senior and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Richard Haking commanded the British XI Corps from 1915 to 1918 mainly in France, but also in Italy (December 1917-March 1918). This first study of Haking takes the form of a review and analysis of his career as a Corps Commander, placing the activities of XI Corps in the context of events on the Western and Italian Fronts. It has three aims. First, it is intended to make a balanced assessment of Haking as a Corps Commander in the light of an established popular reputation, which places him firmly in the donkey category of First World War generals. The second aim is to examine how Haking carried out his role as a Corps Commander, and the third aim is to relate the experiences of Haking and XI Corps to a number of important topics connected with the conduct of the war: trench warfare on the Western Front, with particular reference to the much-criticized attack at Fromelles in July 1916; the British involvement in Italy; the relationship with the Portuguese Expeditionary Force in France; and the British victories in 1918. Reference is made to several key operating issues such as command and control on the Western Front; the learning curve in the BEF; the doctrine of the offensive; and the British policy on defense in depth. Each is discussed taking account of Hakings experiences as XI Corps Commander. The study concludes, contrary to the general view, that, overall, Haking made a positive contribution to the conduct of the war, and that his dismal reputation is largely unjustified.

Victorian England 1837-1901

Author : Josef Lewis Altholz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521123
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Victorian England 1837-1901 written by Josef Lewis Altholz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 2,500 bibliographical entries covering most aspects of the history of Victorian England.

Flashman on the March

Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307425924
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Flashman on the March written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-headed soldier, and reluctant hero, is back! Fleeing a chain of vengeful pursuers that includes Mexican bandits, the French Foreign Legion, and the relatives of an infatuated Austrian beauty, Flashy is desperate for somewhere to take cover. So desperate, in fact, that he embarks on a perilous secret intelligence-gathering mission to help free a group of Britons being held captive by a tyrannical Abyssinian king. Along the way, of course, are nightmare castles, brigands, massacres, rebellions, orgies, and the loveliest and most lethal women in Africa, all of which will test the limits of the great bounder’s talents for knavery, amorous intrigue, and survival. Flashman on the March—the twelfth book in George MacDonald Fraser’s ever-beloved, always scandalous Flashman Papers series--is Flashman and Fraser at their best.

Dictionary of National Biography

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Indian History Day by Day

Author : Roger M. Carpenter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313382239
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book American Indian History Day by Day written by Roger M. Carpenter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, day-by-day compilation of important events helps students understand and appreciate five centuries of Native American history. Encompassing more than 500 years, American Indian History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events is a marvelous research tool. Students will learn what occurred on a specific day, read a brief description of events, and find suggested books and websites they can turn to for more information. The guide's unique treatment and chronological arrangement make it easy for students to better understand specific events in Native American history and to trace broad themes across time. The book covers key occurrences in Native American history from 1492 to the present. It discusses native interactions with European explorers, missionaries and colonists, as well as the shifting Indian policies of the U.S. government since the nation's founding. Contemporary events, such as the opening of Indian casinos, are also covered. In addition to accessing comprehensive information about frequently researched topics in Native American history, students will benefit from discussions of lesser-known subjects and events whose causes and significance are often misunderstood.