Starting with the context and origins of the war, this work questions common assumptions about the nature of the First World War and how it has been consistently and, wrongly,... Læs mere
The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model... Læs mere
The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model... Læs mere
Ian F. Beckett here explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today.
Ian F. Beckett here explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today.
Charts the history of the British Army by using one of its most distinctive aspects - its regimental traditions. This work describes the emergence of a royal army under... Læs mere
The story of the British Army, from the first standing army in the seventeenth century, via the imperial army of the nineteenth century, the world wars, and the... Læs mere