LEADER 02753nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910458882103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0393-4 010 $a0-8078-9940-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000058456 035 $a(EBL)605915 035 $a(OCoLC)676697361 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413061 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11293348 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413061 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388469 035 $a(PQKB)11147515 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245854 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC605915 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL605915 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425437 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000058456 100 $a20100401d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBooks and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution$b[electronic resource] /$fIra D. Gruber 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press ;$a[Washington, D.C.] $cCopublished with the Society of the Cincinnati$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (340 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2215-7 311 $a0-8078-3378-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: a French connection -- Officers and their books -- Books preferred -- Books not taken. 330 $aHistorians have long understood that books were important to the British army in defining the duties of its officers, regulating tactics, developing the art of war, and recording the history of campaigns and commanders. Now, in this groundbreaking analysis, Ira D. Gruber identifies which among over nine hundred books on war were considered most important by British officers and how those books might have affected the army from one era to another. By examining the preferences of some forty-two officers who served between the War of the Spanish Succession and the French Revolution, Gruber shows 606 $aBooks and reading$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMilitary art and science$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xBritish forces 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 676 $a355.00941/09033 700 $aGruber$b Ira D$01041703 712 02$aSociety of the Cincinnati. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458882103321 996 $aBooks and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution$92465421 997 $aUNINA