Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution / Ira D. Gruber.

Main entry:

Gruber, Ira D.

Title & Author:

Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution / Ira D. Gruber.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: a French connection -- Officers and their books -- Books preferred -- Books not taken.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

By examining the preferences of some forty-two officers who served between the War of the Spanish Succession and the French Revolution, Gruber shows that by the middle of the eighteenth century British officers were discriminating in their choices of books on war and, further, that their emerging preference for Continental books affected their understanding of warfare and their conduct of operations in the American Revolution. --from publisher description.

ISBN:

9780807833780 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0807833789 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Great Britain. Army Officers Books and reading.
Great Britain. Army Officers History 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne. Army Officiers Livres et lecture.
Grande-Bretagne. Army Officiers Histoire 18e siècle.
Great Britain. Army.
Books and reading Great Britain History 18th century.
Military art and science Great Britain History 18th century.
Livres et lecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Art et science militaires Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Armed Forces Officers.
Books and reading.
Military art and science.
Lektüre
Offizier
Kriegführung
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 British forces.
États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Forces britanniques.
Great Britain.
United States.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275093
Call No.: BIB 209091
Status: Available

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