Black Powder and Bully Beef: Brief History of the British Regiments Who Served in Egypt and the Sudan - Couverture souple

Henehan Jr, Mr Alva Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1657728773 ISBN 13 : 9781657728776

Editeur : Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

The history of the British army spans over three and a half centuries, since its founding in 1660, and involves a profusion of European, colonial and world wars. From the late 17th until the mid-20th century, Britain was considered the greatest economic, military and imperial power in the world. Although this dominance was principally achieved through the Royal Navy’s supremacy on the world’s oceans, the British army played a significant role on the ground. The New Model Army, of the late 17th century, was the first full-time professional British army raised within the three kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland. Created in 1645 by the English Long Parliament, in a few short years this army proved to be supreme on the battlefield. The British Empire of the 17th through the 19th centuries was never a static entity, unmoving and unchanging. Rather, it was an institution in constant change and adjustment in size and complexion, reacting and adapting to political, commercial and military possibilities, pressures and events. From the late 17th century onward, the British army had been deployed in four principal areas of conflict; the Americas, Europe, Ireland and Scotland. So extensive was the Empire that the Pacific Ocean was often referred to as an “English lake”. In the late 1840s through the early 1880s, reforms came into play that would change Victoria’s army forever. Meanwhile, in South Asia, British rule in India had been incessantly expanding and consolidating. The Honorable East India Company (HEIC) had grown in less than two centuries from a trading concern into the governing institution, on behalf of the British government itself, in India. Between 1850 and 1900, Britain snatched the lion’s share of unclaimed Africa, including the Gold Coast in the west, East Africa, the Egyptian provinces of Sudan, Bahr al- Ghazāl, and Equatoria south to the tip of South Africa, with the remainder of the continent divided among the other European nations, particularly France and Belgium. Britain was a major, aggressive imperialist power. During this entire period, British regiments were sent out to police the empire, maintaining British law and order and fighting the incessant small colonial war. The story of these regiment is the story of the British Empire and the world at large. The soldiers and regiments were the epitome of the Victorian Briton and his view of the world around him.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1657728773
• ISBN 13: 9781657728776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 345
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