Название: The Making of the British Army
Автор: Allan Mallinson
Издательство: Bantam
ISBN: 0593051084
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 560
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 6,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
The definitive story of the British army from one of the UK's bestselling historical novelists.
From the English Civil War to today's War on Terror: in this sweeping account of nearly 500 years of military history, former soldier Allan Mallinson looks at how the Army's dramatic past has made it one of the most effective fighting forces in the world today.
He shows us the people and events that have shaped the army we know today: how Marlborough's momentous victory at Blenheim is linked to Wellington's at Waterloo; how the desperate fight at Rorke's Drift in 1879 underpinned the heroism of the airborne forces in Arnhem in 1944; and why Montgomery's momentous victory at El Alamein mattered long after the Second World War was over.