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A Brief History of the British Army (Paperback)
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A Brief History of the British Army (Paperback)
Series: Brief Histories
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The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of
heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and
drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupations
in the history of the island - the struggle against Continental
domination by a single power, the battle for Empire - and a cast pf
remarkable characters - Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery
among them. Yet the British, relying on their navy, have always
neglected their army; from the time of Alfred the Great to the
reign of Charles II wars were fought with hired forces disbanded as
soon as conflict ended. Even after the stuggles with Louis XIV
impelled the formation of a reulgar army, impecunious governments
neglected the armed forces except in times of national emergency.
In this wide-ranging account, Major Haswell sketches the medieval
background before concentrating on the three hundred years of the
regular army, leading up to its role in our own time. He presents
an informed and probing picture of the organization of the army,
the development of weaponry and strategy - and the everyday life of
the British soldier through the centuries. John Lewis-Stempel has
brought Major Haswell's classic work right up to date by expanding
the section on the dissolution of empire to include a full account
of Northern Ireland and the Falklands War. He has added a new
chapter to cover the Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq; also
the increasing role of special forces and the amalgamation of
regiments.
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