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“kevin linch”

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  • The British Army, 1783–1815

    by Kevin Linch ...
    The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue. That is why this carefully considered new study by Kevin Linch is of such value. He ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Redcoats to Tommies

    The Experience of the British Soldier from the Eighteenth Century

    by Kevin Linch, Dr Michael Reeve, Dr Edward Gosling, Timothy Bowman, Adam Prime, Dr Eleanor O'Keeffe, Professor Ian Beckett, Dr Christina Welsch, Matthew Lord0, Dr Jacqueline Reiter1, Dr George Hay2, Professor Peter Doyle3, Robert Tildesley4, Dr Gavin Daly5 ...
    This book surveys and examines the history of Britain's soldiers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It focuses on the lifecycle of a soldier, including enlistment and experience, and on identity, representations and place in society. It covers the diverse military forces of the British crown - the regular army, home defence forces, part-time soldiers, auxiliaries, officers, non ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Broken Nation

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  • New Zealand's Great War

    New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War

    Edited by John Crawford (ed), Ian McGibbon (ed) ...
    This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, ... Read more

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  • The Highland Clearances

    by Eric Richards ...
    The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. This book traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s. In considering both the terrible suffering of the Highland people as well as the stark choices that faced landowners during a period of rapid economic change, it ... Read more

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  • Public Schools and The Great War

    The Generation Lost

    by Anthony Seldon, David Walsh ...
    "A sweeping riveting history that manages to capture the essence of the conflict, as well as the contributions of particular schools and individuals." — HMC Insight MagazineIn this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and ... Read more

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    by Micahel Hopkinson ...
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  • John Buchan

    Model Governor General

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    An accomplished Scottish journalist, soldier, head of intelligence, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan (1875-1940) is best known for penning thrillers such as The Thirty-Nine Steps. However, as Canada's 15th governor general (1935-40), Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, played a significant leadership role as a statesman and diplomat.Buchan was the first governor general appointed after the 1931 ... Read more

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  • Driv'n by Fortune

    The Scots' March to Modernity in America, 1745–1812

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  • Back in Blighty

    The British at Home in World War One

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    World War One had a devastating, cataclysmic impact on the world and the British people. As its reverberations were so long-lasting and significant, it is easy to assume that the social consequences were as profound.In this highly readable and moving survey of life back at home during the First World War, Gerard DeGroot challenges this assumption, finding pre-war social structures were ... Read more

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