Red Coat, Green Machine : Continuity in Change in the British Army 1700 to 2000.

How different were the men who fought at Blenheim and at Goose Green? Is there a human thread that connects the redcoat of 300 years ago with the British soldier of today? What would they find in common if they faced a common foe? This book is about the people in the Army, and the very human interac...

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Main Author: Kirke, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
Series:Birmingham war studies series.
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Summary:How different were the men who fought at Blenheim and at Goose Green? Is there a human thread that connects the redcoat of 300 years ago with the British soldier of today? What would they find in common if they faced a common foe? This book is about the people in the Army, and the very human interactions between them in their daily lives. It marries the disciplines of Social Anthropology and Military History to provide a novel way of looking at the anatomy of the British Army at unit level from an entirely human perspective. Concentrating on the attitudes, expectations, and concerns expressed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
ISBN:9781472588517
1472588517
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.