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Warrior Race: A History of the British at War
April 23, 2004, St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback
in English
0312307381 9780312307387
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Warrior race: a history of the British at war
2003, St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
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Warrior race: the British experience of war from Roman times to the present
2001, Little, Brown
in English
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE
CONQUESTS, AD 43-1100
1 A Warlike Province: Britain, AD 43-410
2 Stem in Contest: Arthur and After, 410-800
3 A People Accustomed to be Conquered, 800-1100
PART TWO
DISPUTED LANDS, 1100-1603
1 Just Quarrels: Britain at War, 1100-1603, an Overview
2 So Haughty a Spirit: Chivalry and Command
3 The Small Folk: Infantrymen and Technology
PART THREE
CIVIL WARS, 1637-1800
1 Sharp Sickness: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1637-60
2 The Highland Bagpipes Mak' a Din: Rebellions, 1660-1746
3 A Parent's Hand: North America, 1775-83
4 By Jesus, We Have Dirks and Arms A-Plenty: Irel.and,
1798-1800
PART FOUR
OVERSEAS WARS, 1660-1870
1 You Fight For a Good Cause: Patriotism and the Pursuit of Power
2 A Wild Rattling Man: Recruitment and Discipline
3 Honourable Danger: Command, Courage and Rewards
4 Duty Must Be Done: Killing, Dying and Surviving
5 Each Honoured Name: Memories and Attitudes
PART FIVE
TOTAL WAR, 1914-19
1 For Civilisation: The Nature of Total War, 1914-18
2 Their Officers' Example: Preparation For Command and Civil War Postponed, 1870-1914
3 The Stem Business of War: Command and Discipline
4 The Intensity of the Moment: Survivors and Casualties
5 Same as the Lads: Women, Work and Wages
6 Ramsay MacDonald and his German Comrades: Objections to War, 1914-19
7 The Cemetery of All that Is Best: Remembering and Counting the Cost
PART SIX
THE PEOPLE'S WARS, 1919-2000
1 Britannia's Huns with Their Long-range Guns: Civil Wars in Ireland, 1919-23
2 A War of Peoples and Causes: Duties and Ideals, 1939-45
3 Only Scratches: Invasion Fears and Blitz Realities
4 You May Go for a Burton Next Time: Attrition in the Air and at Sea, 1939-45
5 Don't Fence Me In: Women, GIs, Black Men and Evacuees
6 Tactful Handling: Command and Combat
7 It's All For You: Peace and Perceptions of the War
8 A Normal Hazard: Cold War and Hot War, 1945-98.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [810]-837) and index.
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