Esta serie se sumerge en un siglo tumultuoso de innovación militar que remodeló los campos de batalla globales. Desde las primeras armas de fuego portátiles del siglo XIX hasta los albores de la era de las ametralladoras, narra la fascinante evolución de la guerra. Los lectores explorarán cómo los avances tecnológicos en armamento y tácticas forjaron los destinos de las naciones, anunciando la llegada del conflicto moderno. Es una narrativa convincente en la intersección de la ciencia, la política y la lucha humana.
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This book presents fresh analyses of unpublished, published and significant primary source material relevant to the medical aspects on the Eastern campaign of 1854-1856 - commonly called the Crimean War.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.