Amateur Armies: Militias and Volunteers in War and Peace, 1797-1961

by Stephen M Cullen

Amateur Armies examines the military and social history of volunteer armies around the western world from the failed French invasion of South Wales in 1797 to the disastrous anti-Communist invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in 1961.

It brings together some fascinating military actions across more than a century and a half of history and explores the social and political context in the countries involved. Stephen Cullen's absorbing and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526734435
• ISBN13: 9781526734433
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"