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Title The Oxford history of the British Army / general editor, David G. Chandler ; associate editor Ian Beckett
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]

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Description 485 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of Maps -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. The English Medieval Army to 1485, Michael Prestwich -- 2. Towards the Standing Army 1485-1660, Ian Roy -- 3. The Restoration Army 1660-1702, John Childs -- 4. The Great Captain-General 1702-1714, David Chandler -- 5. The Army of the Georges 1714-1783, Alan J. Guy -- 6. The Army and the First British Empire 1714-1783, Tony Hayter -- 7. The Transformation of the Army 1783-1815, David Gates -- 8. An Unreformed Army? 1815-1868, Peter Burroughs -- 9. The Late Victorian Army 1868-1914, Edward Spiers -- 10. The Army and the Challenge of War 1914-1918, Tim Travers -- 11. The Four Armies 1914-1918, Peter Simkins -- 12. The Army between the Two World Wars 1918-1939, Brian Bond -- 13. The Army and the Challenge of War 1939-1945, Carlo D'Este -- 14. The Army and the Home Front 1939-1945, Alex Danchev -- 15. The Post-War Army 1945-1963, Anthony Farrar-Hockley -- 16. The Thirty Years Peace, John Strawson -- 17. The Army of British India, T. A. Heathcote -- 18. The Amateur Military Tradition, Ian Beckett -- 19. The British Way in Warfare, Hew Strachan -- 20. Towards the Future, Michael Yardley -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes "The text of this edition first published 1994 in The Oxford illustrated history of the British Army"--T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-467) and index
Subject Great Britain. Army -- History.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056834
Author Chandler, David G.
Beckett, I. F. W. (Ian Frederick William)
LC no. 2003272430
ISBN 0192803115
Other Titles History of the British Army
OTHER TI Oxford illustrated history of the British Army