The Victorians at War - Couverture rigide

Beckett, Ian F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1852852755 ISBN 13 : 9781852852757

Editeur : Hambledon Continuum, 2003

Synopsis

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The men of the Victorian army ruled a large part of the world. As the visible power behind the greatest empire there had ever been, they were involved in wars and policing wherever British interests demanded it, whether in Canada, the Crimea, Afghanistan or the Sudan. Very small by continental standards, the Victorian army combined a strong sense of tradition with considerable professionalism. The variety of tasks it had to undertake gave its officers and men an extraordinary range of challenges and experiences: putting down the Indian Mutiny, fighting in the jungles of West Africa, facing a Zulu impi and Boer sharpshooters, or garrisoning the many outposts of the empire. In The Victorians at War Ian Beckett looks at the men and their leaders from a variety of angles, using particular incidents and battles to show how the army lived and fought.

Biographie de l'auteur :

IAN BECKETT is a leading military historian. He is the aurthor of The Great War, 1914-1918 and editor of The Oxford History of the British army. He is currently Horner Professor of Military Theory at the Marine Corps Research Center, Auantico, Virginia

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hambledon Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1852852755
• ISBN 13: 9781852852757
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288