All for the king's shilling
Subtitle: the British soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814
By: Edward J. Coss ; Foreword by John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
Series: Campaigns and commanders -- v. 24
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780806141053
Subjects: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, -- Duke of, -- 1769-1852 -- Military leadership; Great Britain. -- Army -- Military life; Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Psychological aspects; Psychology, Military; Combat -- Psychological aspects; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1789-1820
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An unjust reputation: the genesis of the "scum of the earth" myth; title: Gone for a soldier: the realities of enlistment; title: Over the hills and far away: surviving on campaign; title: A stick without a carrot: leadership and the soldiery; title: Ordeal by fire: the British soldier in combat; title: Banded brothers: combat motivation and the British ranker; title: Into hell before daylight: Peninsular War sieges.