A Brief History of the British Army
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- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2016
Summary
The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupations in the history of the island - the struggle against Continental domination by a single power, the battle for Empire - and a cast of remarkable characters - Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery among them.
Yet the British, relying on their navy, have always neglected their army; from t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472136206 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472136209 |
| Author: | Major Jock Haswell, John Lewis-Stempel, Jock Haswell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 183g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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A model of its kind, by far the best written short account now in print– Daily Telegraph
A model of its kind, by far the best written short account now in print - Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Major Jock Haswell
John Lewis-Stempel (Author)
John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and ‘Britain’s finest living nature writer’ (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry traditionally.
Jock Haswell (Author)
Jock Haswell was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in June 1939. During the Second World War he fought in India, East Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar, returning to serve in Germany in the post-war period. He retired in 1960, having attained the rank of major, but was employed by the Ministry of Defence at the School of Service Intelligence. He is the author of a number of books on military history, including the history of his own regiment, British Military Intelligence, Citizen Armies and Spies and Spymasters.
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