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.
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