Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution

by Ira D. Gruber

Book Overview

Historians have long understood that books were important to the British army in defining the duties of its officers, regulating tactics, developing the art of war, and recording the history of campaigns and commanders. Now, in this groundbreaking analysis, Ira D. Gruber identifies which among over nine hundred books on war were considered most important by British officers and how those books might have affected the army from one era to another...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469622157
• ISBN13: 9781469622156
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"