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Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Ira D. Gruber



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Autore: Gruber Ira D Visualizza persona
Titolo: Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Ira D. Gruber Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press
[Washington, D.C.], : Copublished with the Society of the Cincinnati, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
Disciplina: 355.00941/09033
Soggetto topico: Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Military art and science - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 British forces
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: a French connection -- Officers and their books -- Books preferred -- Books not taken.
Sommario/riassunto: Historians 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
Titolo autorizzato: Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4696-0393-4
0-8078-9940-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785335103321
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