Britain and Her Army - A Military, Political Social History of British Army, 1509 1970

Informationen zum Autor Correlli Barnett is a world-renowned historian with particular prowess in military, naval, economic and social subjects. Faber Finds are reissuing his four volume The Pride and Fall sequence: The Collapse of British Power , The Audit of War , The Lost Victory , The Verdict of Peace , as well as The Swordbearers , Britain and her Army, 1509-1970 (winner of the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Award) and Engage the Enemy More Closely (winner of the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award). Klappentext A study of the historical development of the British Army! from the reign of King Henry VIII to the end of the Second World War. It shows how our military institutions transformed themselves over the course of four centuries of social and technological change. Zusammenfassung First published in 1970, Britain and Her Army was Correlli Barnett's sixth published book and earned him the Royal Society of Literature's W.H.

Product details

• Authors: Correlli Barnett, Barnett Correlli
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2013
• EAN: 9780571299379
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29937-9
• No. of pages: 614
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Warfare and defence, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards