9780500011287 - The British Army: A Concise History von Haswell, Jock (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. The text and illustrations together present an informed and probing picture of the organisation of the army, the development of weaponry and strategy - and the everyday life of the soldier through the centuries.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback price clipped British Army: A Concise History With 176 illustrations divided about half and half, with the early being reproductions of contemporary art works, and the latter archival photographs, with a few cut-away drawings, cartoons, magazine illustrations etc. Bibliography, List of Illustrations.The British, relying on the navy, have always neglected their army; from the time of Alfred the Great to the reign of Charles II wars were fought with hired forces disbanded as soon as conflict ended. Here Major Haswell concentrates on the three hundred years of the regular army, leading up to its role in the 1970's. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. British Army: A Concise History With 176 illustrations divided about half and half, with the early being reproductions of contemporary art works, and the latter archival photographs, with a few cut-away drawings, cartoons, magazine illustrations etc. Bibliography, List of Illustrations.The British, relying on the navy, have always neglected their army; from the time of Alfred the Great to the reign of Charles II wars were fought with hired forces disbanded as soon as conflict ended. Here Major Haswell concentrates on the three hundred years of the regular army, leading up to its role in the 1970's. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).