Overview
This volume presents a re-evaluation of: the standard view of revolutionary armies: the range of attitudes towards the role of heroic individuals; the formation and leadership of armies; and the differences and similarities between such armies. Beginning with an exploration of the New Model Army of the 1640s, a force whose name itself seems to denote its revolutionary credentials, the author presents ten case studies from around the globe, including the American War of Independence, The French Revolution, The Zulu-Boer War, the SS Waffen and the Viet-Cong. Through a detailed analysis of source material, he examines the images connected with these armies, both historical and recent, and assesses these images in their socio-political and nationalist contexts.
Full Product Details
Author: S.P. Mackenzie
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.521kg
ISBN: 9780415096904
ISBN 10: 0415096901
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 06 November 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... a fascinating new book... This book is definitely worth reading. <br>- Paper Wars <br>... attractively written, and the analysis is a useful corrective to widely prevalent crude generalizations that are often the standard fare for undergraduates and casual consumers of military history. <br>- Journal of Modern History <br> This volume is informative and interesting.... <br>- The Historian <br> The individual chapters of this book are exactly the sort of thing that should be on the reading list of freshman students - or others like them - studying the wider political events of the period, who need to know about the military realities which accompanied the rhetoric of the time and later. <br>- Military History, Jan 1999 <br>
... a fascinating new book... This book is definitely worth reading. - Paper Wars ... attractively written, and the analysis is a useful corrective to widely prevalent crude generalizations that are often the standard fare for undergraduates and casual consumers of military history. - Journal of Modern History This volume is informative and interesting.... - The Historian The individual chapters of this book are exactly the sort of thing that should be on the reading list of freshman students - or others like them - studying the wider political events of the period, who need to know about the military realities which accompanied the rhetoric of the time and later. - Military History, Jan 1999
... a fascinating new book... This book is definitely worth reading. - Paper Wars ... attractively written, and the analysis is a useful corrective to widely prevalent crude generalizations that are often the standard fare for undergraduates and casual consumers of military history. - Journal of Modern History This volume is informative and interesting.... - The Historian The individual chapters of this book are exactly the sort of thing that should be on the reading list of freshman students - or others like them - studying the wider political events of the period, who need to know about the military realities which accompanied the rhetoric of the time and later. - Military History, Jan 1999
