Auteur: Ian F. W. Beckett

This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 …

This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 …

The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand ”the war to end all wars”. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a m …

The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand ”the war to end all wars”. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a m …

An original and spellbinding reinterpretation of the most significant events of the Great War Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the …

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. …

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. …

The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250, 000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of …

Lt.-Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley commented that history would record the formation of the Volunteers Movement as one of the most remarkable events in the century. In this study of the Rifle Volunteer …

The causes of the three English Civil Wars (1642 to 1645, 1648, and 1651) are complex and controversial clashes of conviction, belief, and personality, and a struggle between opposing social groups …

What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professionals and was used to support …

The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250, 000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of …

Lt.-Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley commented that history would record the formation of the Volunteers Movement as one of the most remarkable events in the century. In this study of the Rifle Volunteer …

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. …

The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to the war effort. National …

An in-depth study of Douglas Haig’s army commanders on the Western Front during the First World War. Assesses their careers and characters, looks critically at their performance in command and …

The senior British generals of the Victorian era – men like Wolseley, Roberts, Gordon and Kitchener – were heroes of their time. As soldiers, administrators and battlefield commanders they …

An international study of counter-insurgency strategies, tactics, and techniques developed in warzones from Vietnam to Latin America and beyond.Insurgencies account for most of the modern world’s …

How should history judge the life and career of Erwin Rommel, the most famous German general of the Second World War, seventy years after his death on 14 October 1944? In his own time and in the …

How should history judge the life and career of Erwin Rommel, the most famous German general of the Second World War, seventy years after his death on 14 October 1944? In his own time and in the …

T.A. Heathcotes study of the conflicts that established British rule in South Asia, and of the militarys position in the constitution of British India, is a classic work in the field. By placing …

Insurgencies are at the centre of most of the conflicts that confront the modern world, and they have been since the Second World War. Leading armies across the globe have well-developed strategies …

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the …

An in-depth study of Douglas Haig’s army commanders on the Western Front during the First World War. Assesses their careers and characters, looks critically at their performance in command and …

The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present. This new concise history by one of Britain’s leading military historians explores the British army …

The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present. This new concise history by one of Britain’s leading military historians explores the British army …

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the …

An in-depth study of Douglas Haig’s army commanders on the Western Front during the First World War. Assesses their careers and characters, looks critically at their performance in command and …