Defending British India Against Napoleon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defending British India Against Napoleon write by Aditya Das. This book was released on 2016. Defending British India Against Napoleon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study of how Napoleon's very real and very serious threat to British India was countered.
The Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Napoleonic Wars write by Alexander Mikaberidze. This book was released on 2020. The Napoleonic Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first truly global history of the Napoleonic Wars, arguably the first world war.
The British Army, 1783–1815
The British Army, 1783–1815 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British Army, 1783–1815 write by Kevin Linch. This book was released on 2024-04-30. The British Army, 1783–1815 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue. That is why this carefully considered new study by Kevin Linch is of such value. He brings together fresh perspectives on the army in one of its most tumultuous – and famous – eras, exploring the global range of its deployment, the varieties of soldiering it had to undertake, its close ties to the political and social situation of the time, and its complex relationship with British society and culture. In the face of huge demands on its manpower and direct military threats to the British Isles and territories across the globe, the army had to adapt. As Kevin Linch demonstrates, some changes were significant while others were, in the end, minor or temporary. In the process he challenges the ‘Road to Waterloo’ narrative of the army’s steady progress from the nadir of the 1780s and early 1790s, to its strong performances throughout the Peninsular War and its triumph at the Battle of Waterloo. His reassessment shows an army that was just good enough to cope with the demanding campaigns it undertook.
Warfare and Society in British India, 1757–1947
Warfare and Society in British India, 1757–1947 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Warfare and Society in British India, 1757–1947 write by Ashutosh Kumar. This book was released on 2022-12-30. Warfare and Society in British India, 1757–1947 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The chapters in the volume focus on technology, logistics, and state building. The present volume highlights the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as well as the role of non-combatants in warfare. The volume: • Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma); • Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a chronological account of military operations, which highlights the complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution, colonial state, and Indian society; • Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organisation and technology) is related to the economic, societal, and cultural impact of war. A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism, and the British Empire.
Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822
Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822 write by John D. Grainger. This book was released on 2018-05-30. Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British service, campaigned in many parts of the world and rose through the ranks. Despite a varied and distinguished career he has not received the attention he warrants, neither as a Loyalist from New York, nor as a successful British soldier.Auchmuty served in India through the Second and Third Mysore Wars, the Rohilla War and a serious mutiny. In 1798 Auchmuty was adjutant-general of the successful Red Sea campaign against French forces in Egypt. Returning to Britain in 1803 he commanded the defences in Thanet, East Kent, at the height of the French invasion threat. He was the only British commander to emerge from the River Plate campaign with credit, capturing Montevideo in 1807. In 1811 he commanded the land forces that captured Java from Franco-Dutch control. He ended his life as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. John Grainger examines his part in events which shaped world history.
