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The Making Of The British Army
Author | : Allan Mallinson |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 575 |
Release | : 2009-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781409085812 |
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Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realized that war could no longer be waged in the old, feudal way: there had to be system and discipline, and therefore - eventually - a standing professional army. From the 'New Model Army' of Cromwell's distant vision, former soldier Allan Mallinson shows us the people and events that have shaped the British army we know today. How Marlborough's momentous victory at Blenheim is linked to Wellington's at Waterloo; how the desperate fight at Rorke's Drift in 1879 underpinned the heroism of the airborne forces at Arnhem in 1944; and why Montgomery's momentous victory at El Alamein mattered long after the Second World War was over . . . From the British Army's origins at the battle of Edgehill to the recent conflict in Afghanistan, The Making of the British Army is history at its most relevant - and most dramatic.
The Oxford History of the British Army
Author | : David G. Chandler,Ian Frederick William Beckett |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780192853332 |
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From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are all covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight, making this the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike. Book jacket.
A History of the British Army
Author | : Sir John Fortescue |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : UCLA:31158011667747 |
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The Changing of the Guard
Author | : Simon Akam |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1922310271 |
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A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
Supplying the British Army in the First World War
Author | : Janet Macdonald |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2019-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526725387 |
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An in-depth look at the logistics of keeping the British Army fed, clothed, armed, and supplied during World War I. Napoleon famously said that an army marches on its stomach, but it also marches in its boots and its uniforms, carrying or driving its weapons and other equipment, and all this material has to be ordered from headquarters, produced and delivered. Janet Macdonald’s detailed and scholarly new study explains how this enormously complex task of organization and labour was carried out by the British army during the First World War. She describes the personnel who performed these tasks, from the government and military command in London to those who handled the items in the field. They were responsible for clothing, accommodation, medicine, transport, hand weapons, armament, and communications—a vast logistical network that had evolved to keep millions of men in the field. This meticulously researched account of this important subject—one which has hitherto been neglected by military historians—will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is interested in the modern British army, in particular in its organization and performance in the First World War.
Supplying the British Army in the Second World War
Author | : Janet Macdonald |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2020-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526725349 |
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The noted military historian reveals the fascinating history of British Army logistics during WWII in this scholarly study. Armies have always required large amounts of material, but by the Second World War the numbers of men involved had grown exponentially, their equipment had become mechanized, and their deployment was global. Elaborate planning and administration at every level had to ensure that items of all kinds were collected, transported and handed out in every theatre of the war. But how were these items selected, ordered, produced, and delivered? Following her previous volume, Supplying the British Army in the First World War, Janet MacDonald continues her study of how the British Army kept its soldiers fed, clothed, and ready to fight. The scale of the operation was enormous, and it had to be performed to critical timetables. Often threatened by enemy action, it was vital to the army’s success. MacDonald describes the necessity for central advanced planning for each expeditionary force as well as those engaged in home defense. She then elucidates the complex organization of personnel who performed these tasks, from the government and military command in London to those who distributed the equipment on the battlefield.
Making Saints
Author | : Kenneth E. Hendrickson |
Publsiher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0838637299 |
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This study tells the story of how the British army went from rabble to crusaders beginning with the century that witnessed Britain's greatest imperial triumphs, and how institutional reforms helped to shape and alter public opinion.
The British Army and the First World War
Author | : Ian Beckett,Timothy Bowman,Mark Connelly |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 2017-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107005778 |
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A comprehensive new history of the shaping and performance of the British army during the First World War.