Deze serie duikt in een tumultueus eeuw van militaire innovatie die wereldwijde slagvelden opnieuw vormgaf. Van de vroege handvuurwapens uit de 19e eeuw tot de opkomst van het machinegeweer-tijdperk, volgt het de fascinerende evolutie van oorlogsvoering. Lezers onderzoeken hoe technologische vooruitgang in wapens en tactieken het lot van naties smeedde, en de komst van moderne conflicten inluidde. Het is een meeslepend verhaal op het snijvlak van wetenschap, politiek en menselijke strijd.
This book tells the little known story of the Army's schools, which were established in 1812 to provide schooling for soldiers' children and subsequently for enlisted men, some 30 years before governments first provided money for civilian elementary schools in England and Wales. This is the first published work on the Army's schools during the 19t
The Furthest Garrison focuses on Imperial Forces in New Zealand, with particular reference to Auckland.
In the spring of 1870 an Anglo-Canadian military force began an epic journey through the wilderness to take control of the vast Hudson's Bay Company lands on behalf of the newly created Dominion of Canada. In command was Colonel Garnet Wolseley, who would rise to become the Commander in Chief of the British Army. This was to be his first independen
A look at the life experiences, rather than military exploits, which made Lord Kitchener the military man he was.
This book presents fresh analyses of unpublished, published and significant primary source material relevant to the medical aspects on the Eastern campaign of 1854-1856 - commonly called the Crimean War.
Defeated commanders are frequently blamed for the decisions which they made, sometimes with serious or even fatal consequences. The case of the unfortunate Admiral Byng is an example from British naval history. This is the first book in the English language devoted to the story of Bazaine.
The story of those Irishmen who were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions in The Indian Mutiny, and some other equally interesting characters.
A book which covers the relationship between the British and the Sikhs in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.