The Oxford History of the British Army

by David Chandler (Editor), David Chandler (Editor), David Chandler (Editor), Ian F. W. Beckett (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.26

  From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organizations, and weaponry are all covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight, making this a useful one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike.