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British Redcoat 1740-93 by Stuart Reid (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101855325543

ISBN-139781855325548

eBay Product ID (ePID)815593

Product Key Features

Book TitleBritish Redcoat 1740-93

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / United States, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)

Publication Year1997

IllustratorYes, Hook, Richard

GenreHistory

AuthorStuart Reid

Book SeriesWarrior Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight6.7 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number19

Dewey Decimal356.1094109033

Table Of ContentIntroduction · Recruitment · Pay and Subsistence · Living Conditions · Career · Training and Tactics · Bibliography · Glossary

SynopsisDuring this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda during the American Revolution (1763-1776), the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly professional force. This was an important time of change and improvement for the British Army, and British Redcoat 1740-1793 fully brings this out in its comprehensive examination of the lives, conditions and experiences of the late 18th-century infantryman