Warrior race
Subtitle: the British experience of war from Roman times to the present
By: Lawrence James.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 864
Subjects: Great Britain -- History, Military.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [810]-837) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE; title: CONQUESTS, AD 43-1100; title: 1 A Warlike Province: Britain, AD 43-410; title: 2 Stem in Contest: Arthur and After, 410-800; title: 3 A People Accustomed to be Conquered, 800-1100; title: PART TWO; title: DISPUTED LANDS, 1100-1603; title: 1 Just Quarrels: Britain at War, 1100-1603, an Overview; title: 2 So Haughty a Spirit: Chivalry and Command; title: 3 The Small Folk: Infantrymen and Technology; title: PART THREE; title: CIVIL WARS, 1637-1800; title: 1 Sharp Sickness: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1637-60; title: 2 The Highland Bagpipes Mak' a Din: Rebellions, 1660-1746; title: 3 A Parent's Hand: North America, 1775-83; title: 4 By Jesus, We Have Dirks and Arms A-Plenty: Irel.and,; title: 1798-1800; title: PART FOUR; title: OVERSEAS WARS, 1660-1870; title: 1 You Fight For a Good Cause: Patriotism and the Pursuit of Power; title: 2 A Wild Rattling Man: Recruitment and Discipline; title: 3 Honourable Danger: Command, Courage and Rewards; title: 4 Duty Must Be Done: Killing, Dying and Surviving; title: 5 Each Honoured Name: Memories and Attitudes; title: PART FIVE; title: TOTAL WAR, 1914-19; title: 1 For Civilisation: The Nature of Total War, 1914-18; title: 2 Their Officers' Example: Preparation For Command and Civil War Postponed, 1870-1914; title: 3 The Stem Business of War: Command and Discipline; title: 4 The Intensity of the Moment: Survivors and Casualties; title: 5 Same as the Lads: Women, Work and Wages; title: 6 Ramsay MacDonald and his German Comrades: Objections to War, 1914-19; title: 7 The Cemetery of All that Is Best: Remembering and Counting the Cost; title: PART SIX; title: THE PEOPLE'S WARS, 1919-2000; title: 1 Britannia's Huns with Their Long-range Guns: Civil Wars in Ireland, 1919-23; title: 2 A War of Peoples and Causes: Duties and Ideals, 1939-45; title: 3 Only Scratches: Invasion Fears and Blitz Realities; title: 4 You May Go for a Burton Next Time: Attrition in the Air and at Sea, 1939-45; title: 5 Don't Fence Me In: Women, GIs, Black Men and Evacuees; title: 6 Tactful Handling: Command and Combat; title: 7 It's All For You: Peace and Perceptions of the War; title: 8 A Normal Hazard: Cold War and Hot War, 1945-98.