Research Catalog

Title

Warrior race : the British experience of war from Roman times to the present / Lawrence James.

Author

James, Lawrence, 1943-

Publication

London : Little, Brown, 2001.

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Details

Description

xv, 864 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In Warrior Race, Lawrence James investigates the role played by war in the making of Britain. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological research, as well as numerous unfamiliar and untapped resources, he charts the full reach of British military history: the physical and psychological impact of Roman military occupation; the monarchy's struggle for mastery of the British Isles; the civil wars of the seventeenth century; the 'total war' experience of twentieth-century conflict."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

British experience of war from Roman times to the present

Subject

• Geschichte 1943
• Bewaffneter Konflikt
• Bürgerkrieg
• Kolonialkrieg
• Oorlogen
• Nationale identiteit
• Great Britain > History, Military
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [810]-837) and index.

Contents

• 5 Each Honoured Name: Memories and Attitudes -- PART FIVE -- TOTAL WAR, 1914-19 -- 1 For Civilisation: The Nature of Total War, 1914-18 -- 2 Their Officers' Example: Preparation For Command and Civil War Postponed, 1870-1914 -- 3 The Stem Business of War: Command and Discipline -- 4 The Intensity of the Moment: Survivors and Casualties -- 5 Same as the Lads: Women, Work and Wages -- 6 Ramsay MacDonald and his German Comrades: Objections to War, 1914-19 -- 7 The Cemetery of All that Is Best: Remembering and Counting the Cost -- PART SIX -- THE PEOPLE'S WARS, 1919-2000 -- 1 Britannia's Huns with Their Long-range Guns: Civil Wars in Ireland, 1919-23 -- 2 A War of Peoples and Causes: Duties and Ideals, 1939-45 -- 3 Only Scratches: Invasion Fears and Blitz Realities -- 4 You May Go for a Burton Next Time: Attrition in the Air and at Sea, 1939-45 -- 5 Don't Fence Me In: Women, GIs, Black Men and Evacuees -- 6 Tactful Handling: Command and Combat -- ^
• 7 It's All For You: Peace and Perceptions of the War -- 8 A Normal Hazard: Cold War and Hot War, 1945-98.
• Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- CONQUESTS, AD 43-1100 -- 1 A Warlike Province: Britain, AD 43-410 -- 2 Stem in Contest: Arthur and After, 410-800 -- 3 A People Accustomed to be Conquered, 800-1100 -- PART TWO -- DISPUTED LANDS, 1100-1603 -- 1 Just Quarrels: Britain at War, 1100-1603, an Overview -- 2 So Haughty a Spirit: Chivalry and Command -- 3 The Small Folk: Infantrymen and Technology -- PART THREE -- CIVIL WARS, 1637-1800 -- 1 Sharp Sickness: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1637-60 -- 2 The Highland Bagpipes Mak' a Din: Rebellions, 1660-1746 -- 3 A Parent's Hand: North America, 1775-83 -- 4 By Jesus, We Have Dirks and Arms A-Plenty: Irel.and, -- 1798-1800 -- PART FOUR -- OVERSEAS WARS, 1660-1870 -- 1 You Fight For a Good Cause: Patriotism and the Pursuit of Power -- 2 A Wild Rattling Man: Recruitment and Discipline -- 3 Honourable Danger: Command, Courage and Rewards -- 4 Duty Must Be Done: Killing, Dying and Surviving -- ^

ISBN

• 0316857629
• 9780316857628

LCCN

2002392417

OCLC

• ocm47677621
• 47677621
• SCSB-13653106

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library