Yazar: Ian F W Beckett

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 o …

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 a …

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 nati …

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 o …

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. …