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"Word is a shadow of a deed."
- Democritus
(460 BC - 370 BC),
Fragment 145
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ZIN Product Number: 10041585
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 492 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198691785
Release Date: Jan 9, 1994
| |  | | | In Brief
This illustrated history of the British Army "opens with an overview of the dynastic and civil wars of England up to the Glorious Revolution, then concentrates on the age of Marlborough, the North American empire, Wellington, the Victorian empire, and then the twentieth century and its ranks of mass conscripts. Boxed features detail each period's distinctive tactic and defining battle, be it the square at Waterloo or the Maxim guns at Omdurman." (Booklist) Index.
| | | | From The Publisher
From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf campaign, the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Drawing on the latest scholarship, this survey shows how British fighting forces have evolved over the last five centuries. The continuities revealed are sometimes surprising: narrow recruitment patterns, friction between soldiers and civilians, financial constraints and recurrent political pressure for economies are constant themes. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight. The British army has been remarkably successful in fighting terms, losing only one major war (of American Independence 1775-83). As one of the engines of empire it has been active all over the world, as well as shaping the internal destiny of the nation in civil war and revolution. Its history is charted in a sequence of chronological chapters, each containing special feature articles, beginning with the medieval, Elizabethan, and Restoration army and moving on through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the two world wars of the twentieth. The book concludes with accounts of the army of British India, the amateur military tradition, the British way in warfare, and an assessment of what the future may hold in the light of the Options for Change review. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour, and with a detailed chronology and further reading lists, this is the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike.
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Comprehensive, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated, this journey through the annals of the British Army features vivid descriptions of all the famous battles and campaigns, from Agincourt and Crecy to Trafalgar and Waterloo to D-Day and the Falklands. 275 black-and-white illustrations, 24 color plates, 21 special boxed sections, and 14 maps.
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| | | |  | | | | Preface | | | List of Maps | | | List of Colour Plates | | | List of Contributors | | | Introduction | | | 1 | The English Medieval Army to 1485 | 1 | | 2 | Towards the Standing Army 1485-1660 | 25 | | 3 | The Restoration Army 1660-1702 | 48 | | 4 | The Great Captain-General 1702-1714 | 69 | | 5 | The Army of the Georges 1714-1783 | 92 | | 6 | The Army and the First British Empire 1714-1783 | 111 | | 7 | The Transformation of the Army 1783-1815 | 133 | | 8 | An Unreformed Army? 1815-1868 | 160 | | 9 | The Late Victorian Army 1868-1914 | 189 | | 10 | The Army and the Challenge of War 1914-1918 | 215 | | 11 | The Four Armies 1914-1918 | 241 | | 12 | The Army Between the Two World Wars 1918-1939 | 263 | | 13 | The Army and the Challenge of War 1939-1945 | 279 | | 14 | The Army and the Home Front 1939-1945 | 307 | | 15 | The Post-War Army 1945-1963 | 329 | | 16 | The Thirty Years Peace | 357 | | 17 | The Army of British India | 376 | | 18 | The Amateur Military Tradition | 402 | | 19 | The British Way in Warfare | 417 | | 20 | Towards the Future | 435 | | Chronology | 453 | | Bibliography | 467 | | Acknowledgement of Sources | 477 | | Index | 479 |
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