The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History 1859-1908

ISBN-13: 9780367233273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 184 str.

Hugh Cunningham

Opis

Originally published in 1975, The Volunteer Force is a study of the part-time military force which came into being to meet the mid-nineteenth century.

Spis treści

Preface  Abbreviations  Introduction  1. The Formation of the Force  2. The Volunteers and the Working Class, 1860-1870  3. The Composition of the Force  4. An Officer – and a Gentleman?  5. Citizens and Soldiers  6. Patriotism and Recreation  7. The Politics and Reform, 1899-1914  Conclusion  Appendix: The Irish and the Volunteers  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Hugh Cunningham