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22 produkter
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana
Great Battles
E-bok, 2019
114 kr
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This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke''s Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major battle in the Anglo-Zulu war, witnessed the worst single day''s loss of …
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana
Great Battles
E-bok, 2019
114 kr
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This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke''s Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major battle in the Anglo-Zulu war, witnessed the worst single day''s loss of …
British Army
A New Short History
E-bok, 2023
177 kr
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The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present. This new concise history by one of Britain''s leading military historians explores the British army from the creation of a permanent standing army in the seventeenth century to the present. It sets the …
British Army
A New Short History
E-bok, 2023
177 kr
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The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present. This new concise history by one of Britain''s leading military historians explores the British army from the creation of a permanent standing army in the seventeenth century to the present. It sets the …
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana
Great Battles
Häftad, 2021
160 kr
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This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major battle in the Anglo-Zulu war, witnessed the worst single day's loss of …
The British Army
A New Short History
Inbunden, 2023
247 kr
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The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present.This new concise history by one of Britain's leading military historians explores the British army from the creation of a permanent standing army in the seventeenth century to the present. It sets the …
Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies
Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750
Inbunden, 2001
2818 kr
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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and …
Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies
Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750
Häftad, 2001
785 kr
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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and …
British Profession of Arms
The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army
Inbunden, 2018
471 kr
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You offer yourself to be slain,"" General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. ""This is the essence of being a soldier."" For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions - and sometimes from …
Great War
1914-1918
Inbunden, 2015
2324 kr
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic, political, economic, social and cultural …
Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902
Häftad, 2016
844 kr
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The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during …
Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902
E-bok, 2015
999 kr
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The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during …
Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902
E-bok, 2015
999 kr
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The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during …
Great War
1914-1918
E-bok, 2014
892 kr
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand ''the war to end all wars''. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict''s strategic, political, economic, social and cultural …
Great War
1914-1918
E-bok, 2014
892 kr
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand ''the war to end all wars''. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict''s strategic, political, economic, social and cultural …
Great War
1914-1918
Häftad, 2007
844 kr
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic, political, economic, social and cultural …
Counter Insurgency
Lessons from History
Av John Pimlott, Ian F. W. Beckett
E-bok, 2011
129 kr
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An international study of counter-insurgency strategies, tactics, and techniques developed in warzones from Vietnam to Latin America and beyond.Insurgencies account for most of the modern world''s armed conflicts. Leading armies across the globe are constantly developing and adjusting …
Army, Empire and Film
British Imperial Conflict on Screen
Inbunden, 2025
1263 kr
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Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the premiere of Zulu, starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine, this volume brings together contributions from leading military historians to analyse changing depictions of the British Army and its role in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial conflict …
Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902
Inbunden, 2012
2818 kr
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The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during …
Insurgency in Iraq: an Historical Perspective
Av Ian F. W. Beckett, Strategic Studies Institute
Häftad, 2014
147 kr
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Nation in Arms
A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War
Av Ian F. W. Beckett, K. Simpson
Häftad, 1990
214 kr
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