Bredin brig a e c (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Includes a brief history of the Gurkhas in British, with the main part of the book devoted to the part played by the Gurkhas fighting the communists in Malaya, Includes 20*b/w photos and 2*maps. 356pp. Green cloth boards with some spotting. Errata page slipped in. Stain and ripple from water damage to lower corner of rear board. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Century Books, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. 1987. Xxvi, 566 pgs. With B&W illustractions and photos. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An encyclopedic history of Irish soldiery from the Norman period to the 20th century. To condense the history of Irishmen at arms into a single readable volume is no mean feat, and hefty one at that. The work's greatest strength revolves around the British Army, and the myriad campaigns fought by its regiments from the time of King William to post Korea, and at its worst stands as a confused mashing of names, dates, and places, without coherency. Taking center stage, obviously, are the Irish regiments themselves. It is a lovely single volume history of Irish military service over the past millennium. Bredin's chronicle is amazing in its scope and exciting in its history." EB.…