A Brief History of the British Army

Informationen zum Autor 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 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 psot-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 Intellligence. 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 . Klappentext A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficialA very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial Zusammenfassung A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial

Product details

• Authors: Jock Haswell, Major Jock Haswell, John Lewis-Stempel
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781472136206
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-3620-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Brief Histories; Brief Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; British Empire, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars