Reminiscences Of Military Service With The 93Rd Sutherland Highlanders: Reminiscences Of Military Service With The 93Rd Sutherland Highlanders - Couverture souple

Munro, Gen. Munro

 
9781845740061: Reminiscences Of Military Service With The 93Rd Sutherland Highlanders: Reminiscences Of Military Service With The 93Rd Sutherland Highlanders
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ISBN 10 : 1845740068 ISBN 13 : 9781845740061
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

Military memoirs with a strong medical tinge from the former Surgeon of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders - the famous ‘thin red line’. The thirteen years that Munro spent with the 93rd were eventful ones - encompassing the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Both conflicts get the full treatment here, including nail-biting accounts of the Battle of Balaclava and harrowing ones of the massacre at Cawnpore. Although the seeker after pure military history may be somewhat disappointed by these reminiscences, the student of human nature is left well-satisfied. Munro is more interested in life (and death) off the battlefield and behind the lines than he is in the nitty-gritty of detailed battle analysis. Much concerned - and understandably so, considering his profession - with the effects of disease, particularly cholera, on his comrades; his book is not without a touch of sentimentality, perhaps surprising in a Scottish medical man. In all, howver, these memoirs are a readable, lively and engaging portrait of mid-19th century military life.

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Military memoirs with a strong medical tinge from the former Surgeon of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders - the famous ‘thin red line’. The thirteen years that Munro spent with the 93rd were eventful ones - encompassing the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Both conflicts get the full treatment here, including nail-biting accounts of the Battle of Balaclava and harrowing ones of the massacre at Cawnpore. Although the seeker after pure military history may be somewhat disappointed by these reminiscences, the student of human nature is left well-satisfied. Munro is more interested in life (and death) off the battlefield and behind the lines than he is in the nitty-gritty of detailed battle analysis. Much concerned - and understandably so, considering his profession - with the effects of disease, particularly cholera, on his comrades; his book is not without a touch of sentimentality, perhaps surprising in a Scottish medical man. In all, howver, these memoirs are a readable, lively and engaging portrait of mid-19th century military life.

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845740068
ISBN 13 
9781845740061
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
342
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1847344488 ISBN 13 :  9781847344489
Editeur : Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
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