The British Army, 1914-18 (Men-at-Arms #81)

D.V.S. Fosten and R.J. Marrion

ISBN 10: 0850452872 / ISBN 13: 9780850452877

Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 1982

Beschreibung

This is a Very Attractive WWI soft cover Wrap in Near Fine condition. c1978. First Edition, Presumed 3rd Printing, 1982. LOOKS unread! It has a very bright & very clean cover. Very light shelf wear. The edges are all very nice. Nice smooth spine. The pages are tight & bright & unmarked, no names. Great Illustrations. old price sticker on back. 40 pages. #22154-225.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 022154

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The British Army, 1914-18 (Men-at-Arms #81)
• Verlag: Osprey Publishing
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1982
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0850452872
• ISBN-13: 9780850452877
• Einband: Soft cover
• Illustrator: G.A. Embleton
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 3rd Printing
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket Issued
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • World War1 Books

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Between 1869 and 1874, Edward Cardwell, Gladstone's Secretary for War, undertook major reforms to modernise the British Army. The Crimean War, and campaigns in India, had revealed serious administrative and command shortcomings. Cardwell's legislation was aimed at curing these faults and served as the foundation of a new-style army. His successors put into practice further improvements in tactics, training and command structure and by the outbreak of war in 1914, the British Army had developed into one of the best professional fighting forces in Europe. This book details the development, composition and uniforms of this 'new' army.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Donald S V Fosten was born in London in 1924, the son of a master military embroiderer and a Court Embroidress. He worked as a student with the Herald Painter at the College of Arms before wartime army service which was initially spent with the Welch Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria and Germany. For many years a leading researcher and author on uniform history, he produced, with his brother Bryan Fosten, a number of books and many articles. He was a President of the British Model Soldier Society BMSS and a leading member of the Society for Army Historical Research. Robert Marrion is an expert on the forces of World War I. He has co-authored various titles for Osprey's Men-at-Arms series on this subject.

Gerry Embleton has been a leading historical illustrator since the early 1970s. Gerry specialises in the medieval period, but has a keen interest in the 20th centuries. An illustrator, and author, of a number of Osprey titles, he has lived in Switzerland since the early 1980s.