The Military Life of H. R. H. George
Author : William Willoughby Cole Verner
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : William Willoughby Cole Verner
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : William Willoughby Cole Verner
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : Giles St Aubyn
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0571281710
Son of the eccentric Adolphus, seventh and favourite son of George III, Prince George was born in 1819 and was briefly heir presumptive to the throne of England until the birth that same year of his cousin Victoria. Instead he became George, second Duke of Cambridge, and rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the Army aged 37, holding that position for 39 years. Often considered a hidebound reactionary, he nonetheless took a keen interest in reform of the Army, and made considerable efforts to improve the soldier's lot. In the year that the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was bestowed by HRH the Queen upon Prince William and Catherine Middleton on the morning of their wedding, this charming, substantial and formidably researched life of 'The Royal George' has a renewed topicality.
Author : Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
Publisher : Musson
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Canada
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Author : Donald MacKenzie Schurman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1135265585
The technical transformation of the Royal Navy during the Victorian era posed many design, tactical and operational problems for administrators from the 1830s onwards. The switch from sail to steam required the creation of a system of defended coaling stations and a greater infrastructure.
Author : Ian Frederick William Beckett
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719008184
Author : John Gooch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 30,59 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 113527181X
This collections of essays by leading British and South African scholars, looking at the Boer War, focuses on three aspects: how the British Military functioned; the role of the Boers, Afrikaners and Zulus; and the media presentation of the war to the public.
Author : Alfred Vagts
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1400876354
This is both a history of the service attaché, beginning with the Napoleonic era, and a discussion of his changing role, past and present. Professor Vagts shows the military adviser temporarily joined to the diplomatic corps as a person often divided in his loyalties to diplomatic officials and to military leaders. Affected by increasing bureaucratic specialization, he sometimes became a "twilight" figure engaged in political activity and even espionage. Professor Vagts' numerous works on the history of militarism and the military, in both German and English, and his research in the chancelleries of Europe have given him perspective for this book. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Stephen Badsey
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780754664673
This book fills a significant gap in the historiography of British military thought, doctrine and practice for the First World War (1914-18) and the generation beforehand, including the Boer War (1899-1902). It investigates a major doctrinal controversy: what the role and tactics of horsed soldiers were to be in the face of increasing firepower and demands placed upon them by the expansion of mass armies. Contrary to widely held modern belief, the doctrine developed proved quite successful in dealing with the conditions that they faced on the battlefield.