Download or read book Letters of Field Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala written by Robert Cornelius Napier Napier (1st baron) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Field Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala written by Henry Dundas Napier (Hon.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letters of Field Marshall Lord Napier of Magdala Concerning Abyssinia Egypt India South Africa Etc written by Robert Cornelis Napier (Baron Napier of Magdala.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Late Victorian Army 1868 1902 written by Edward M. Spiers and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A British Profession of Arms written by Ian F. W. Beckett and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You offer yourself to be slain,” General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. “This is the essence of being a soldier.” For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions—and sometimes from society as a whole. A British Profession of Arms effectively counters this view. In this definitive study of the late Victorian army, distinguished scholar Ian F. W. Beckett finds that the British soldier, like any other professional, was motivated by considerations of material reward and career advancement. Within the context of debates about both the evolution of Victorian professions and the nature of military professionalism, Beckett considers the late Victorian officer corps as a case study for weighing distinctions between the British soldier and his civilian counterparts. Beckett examines the role of personality, politics, and patronage in the selection and promotion of officers. He looks, too, at the internal and external influences that extended from the press and public opinion to the rivalry of the so-called rings of adherents of major figures such as Garnet Wolseley and Frederick Roberts. In particular, he considers these processes at play in high command in the Second Afghan War (1878–81), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), and the South African War (1899–1902). Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semiofficial, and private correspondence, Beckett’s work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer’s career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes. It is a remarkable depiction of the British profession of arms, unparalleled in breadth, depth, and detail.

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Download or read book Engines for empire written by Edward Spiers and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engines for Empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial expansion. The book uses a wide array of sources and images to demonstrate how the Victorian army embraced this new technology, how it monitored foreign wars, and how it came to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The British army's innovation is also revealed, through its design and use of armoured trains, the restructuring of hospital trains, and in its capacity to build and repair railway track, bridges, and signals under field conditions. This volume provides insights on the role of railways in imperial development, as a focus of social interaction between adversaries, and as a means of projecting imperial power. It will make fascinating reading for students, academics and enthusiasts in military and imperial history, Victorian studies, railway history and colonial warfare.

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Download or read book Selections from the Letters Despatches and Other State Papers Preserved in the Military Department of the Government of India 1857 58 written by India. Military Department and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Companion to the Reconstruction Presidents 1865 1881 written by Edward O. Frantz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Represents the first comprehensive look at the presidencies of Johnson, Grant, and Hayes in one volume Features contributions from top historians and presidential scholars Approaches the study of these presidents from a historiographical perspective Key topics include each president’s political career; foreign policy; domestic policy; military history; and social context of their terms in office

Download or read book Internal Rivalries and Foreign Threats written by Sven Rubenson and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains all of the locatable official letters written by the Ethiopian Kings of the period or by governors on their behalf. Also included in the 235 documents are semi-official and private letters that impinged on the affairs of state. The letters are presented in the original languages with accompanying English translations. An introductory essay provides historical context for the period covered. Originally published in 2000 by Addis Ababa U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR