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.
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056834
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Author |
Chandler, David G.
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Beckett, I. F. W. (Ian Frederick William)
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LC no. |
2003272430 |
ISBN |
0192803115 |
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