Britain S Part Time Soldiers
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Britain S Part Time Soldiers
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Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Britain S Part Time Soldiers written by Ian F. W. Beckett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Revised edition of: The amateur military tradition 1558-1945. Manchester: Manchester University Press, [1991]
A Guide To British Military History
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Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-06-30
A Guide To British Military History written by Ian F. W. Beckett and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-30 with History categories.
What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professionals and was used to support national history and nationalism. Now, though, the study of war has been transformed by the war and society approach, by the examination of identity, memory and gender, and a less Euro-centric and more global perspective. Generally it is recognised that war and conflict must be integrated into the wider narrative of historical development, and this is why Ian Becketts research guide is such a useful tool for anyone working in this growing field. It introduces students to all the key debates, issues and resources. While European and global perspectives are not neglected, there is an emphasis on the British experience of war since 1500. This survey of British military history will be essential reading and reference for anyone who has a professional or amateur interest in the subject, and it will be a valuable introduction for newcomers to it.
Redcoats To Tommies
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Author : Kevin Linch
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2021
Redcoats To Tommies written by Kevin Linch and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
An examination of the lifecycle of soldiers, including enlistment, experiences of military life, the soldier's place in society and in politics, and military identity, memory and representation.
The Irish Amateur Military Tradition In The British Army 1854 1992
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Author : William Butler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Irish Amateur Military Tradition In The British Army 1854 1992 written by William Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Examines the framework in which Irish auxiliary forces, part-time soldiers of the British Army, have existed alongside their regular army counterparts and how they have interacted with wider society.
Contesting Home Defence
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Author : Penny Summerfield
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-19
Contesting Home Defence written by Penny Summerfield and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-19 with History categories.
Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard’s reputation and explores whether this ‘people’s army’ was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad’s Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War.
Part Time Soldiers
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Author : Andrew Lewis Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2023-11-24
Part Time Soldiers written by Andrew Lewis Chadwick and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-24 with History categories.
In Part-Time Soldiers, Andrew Lewis Chadwick offers the first in-depth historical study of the development and evolution of modern army reserve forces. In doing so, he explores how a confluence of military, political, and socioeconomic developments since the First World War has forced armies preparing for major war to increase their dependence on reservists (part-time soldiers who reinforce or augment professionals or conscripts in wartime) for critical and routine military tasks. At the same time, he shows how these developments placed tremendous stress on the industrial-era reserve policies and structures that armies continue to use today. For example, reservists training for less than thirty days a year have struggled to keep up with the increasingly high-skilled character of modern warfare, as evidenced by the poor performance of reservists in the world wars and, most recently, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War. Chadwick primarily examines these developments in the cases of the US Army National Guard and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Army Reserve, given that unique geopolitical conditions have forced the United States and Israel to frequently employ reservists in combat over the past century. These cases, which Chadwick explores using archival and secondary sources, reveal how armies using two different reserve models—the former built around volunteers and the latter around discharged conscripts—have attempted to mitigate the challenge of maintaining combat-ready reservists in the era of high-tech and high-skilled warfare. By doing so, Chadwick identifies an enduring and often overlooked problem facing contemporary defense policymaking: how does one build and maintain effective army reserve forces at an affordable cost without causing undue stress on reservists’ civilian lives?
Wanton Troopers
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Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-02-29
Wanton Troopers written by Ian F. W. Beckett and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with History categories.
The causes of the three English Civil Wars (1642 to 1645, 1648, and 1651) are complex and controversial clashes of conviction, belief, and personality, and a struggle between opposing social groups and economic interests. But, whatever the focus of scholarship, many answers can be sought at the local level, among county communities that were far more outward-looking than once suggested. That is why Ian Becketts in-depth study of Buckinghamshire, one of the pivotal counties during this turbulent period in British history, is of such value. None of the best-known battles or sieges took place in Buckinghamshire, but there was destructive combat in the county on a smaller scale because its location placed it on the front line between the opposing forces between the royalist headquarters at Oxford and the parliamentarian stronghold of London. As Ian Beckett shows, the impact of war on Bucks was considerable. His analysis gives us an insight into the experience of local communities and the county as a whole and it reveals much about the experience of the conflict across the country.
All For The King S Shilling
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Author : Edward J Coss
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-10-11
All For The King S Shilling written by Edward J Coss and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-11 with History categories.
The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain These men depended on the king’s shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army. Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon’s battle-hardened troops. The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and behavior of all soldiers under the stress of combat.
Britain S Soldiers
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Author : Kevin Linch
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-07
Britain S Soldiers written by Kevin Linch and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-07 with History categories.
Britain’s Soldiers explores the complex figure of the Georgian soldier and rethinks current approaches to military history.
Fighting For Britain
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Author : David Killingray
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2012-04
Fighting For Britain written by David Killingray and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of over half-a-million African troops who served with the British Army in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy, and Burma. Looks at the impact of army life and travel on the men and their families, and the role of ex-servicemen in post-war nationalist politics.