On Luneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to
Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this
historic triumph, the last units of the British Army finally left
their garrisons next to Luneberg Heath. Boots on the Ground is the
story of those years, following the British Army against the
backdrop of Britain's shifting security and defence policies. From
the decolonisation of India to the two invasions of Iraq, and, of
course, Ireland, the book tracks the key historical conflicts, both
big and small, of Britain's transformation from a leading nation
with some 2 million troops in 1945, to a significantly reduced
place on the world stage and fewer than 82,000 troops in 2015.
Despite this apparent de-escalation, at no point since WWII has
Britain not had 'boots on the ground' - and with the current
tensions in the Middle East, and the rise of terrorism, this
situation is unlikely to change. Sir Richard Dannatt brings forty
years of military service, including as Chief of Staff, to tell the
fascinating story of how the British Army has shaped, and been
shaped by, world events from the Cold War to the Good Friday
Agreement. Whether examining the fallout of empire in the
insurgencies of Kenya and Indonesia, the politically fraught battle
for the Falklands, the long-standing conflict in Ireland or
Britain's relationship with NATO and experience of fighting with -
or for - America, Dannatt examines the complexity of perhaps the
greatest British institution.
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