Discovering British Regimental Traditions

Informationen zum Autor Ian Beckett is Professor of History at University College Northampton. Former positions include Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst, Professor of Modern History at the University of Luton, and Major-General Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Professor of Military Theory at the US Marine Corps University in Virginia. He is also Chairman of the Army Records Society. Other publications include 'The Oxford History of the British Army' and 'The Great War 1914-1918'. For the National Archives, he wrote the highly-regarded 'The First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources in the UK National Archives'. Ian F. W. Beckett is head of the Department of History at the University of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Zusammenfassung Charts the history of the British Army by using one of its most distinctive aspects - its regimental traditions. This work describes the emergence of a royal army under Charles II and its expansion during the eighteenth century, the formation of its militia, the yeomanry and the Territorials, the distinction of the Household Cavalry and more.

Product details

• Authors: Ian F W Beckett, Ian F. Beckett, Ian F.W. Beckett
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2007
• EAN: 9780747806622
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0662-2
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 206 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Discovering S.; Shire Discovering; Discovering S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration