The Colonial Ironsides - English Expeditions Under the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1650 - 1660

A prequel to The Last Ironsides describing how the troops that later went to Portugal and Tangier came to be at Dunkirk at the time of the Restoration of Charles II. The rediscovery of an episode of British military history that has been forgotten; no other modern books describe this conflict.

About the author

Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley is a General Officer with multinational operational command experience at all levels from platoon to corps in theatres from Northern Ireland to the Balkans, the Gulf, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan.

General Riley has been awarded the DSO and NATO Meritorious Service Medal and is an Officer of the Legion of Merit of the United States of America. He holds the degrees of MA and PhD in modern history and has written numerous books. He is currently Visiting Professor in War Studies at King's College London, a member of the British Commission for Military History, and Chairman of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum Trust.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathon Riley
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781915070371
• ISBN: 978-1-915070-37-1
• No. of pages: 385
• Dimensions: 295 mm x 236 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1026 g
• Illustrations: 57 b/w ills, 33 maps, 2 colour ills on back cover
• Series: Century of the Soldier
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous