Stephen M Cullen

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Amateur Armies: Militias and Volunteers in War and Peace, 1797-1961Hardcover, 23 November 2020

Amateur Armies: Militias and Volunteers in War and Peace, 1797-1961
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Print Length
240 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Date Published
23 Nov 2020
ISBN-10
1526734435
ISBN-13
9781526734433

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Covers amateur armies during the French Revolutionary Wars, the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, the Boer War, the pre-1914 conflict in Ireland, the Spanish Civil War and the Bay of Pigs.

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 original book is the first general survey of the role of amateur armies during the period.

Included are chapters on a series of wars in which militias played critical parts. In each case, their actions and effectiveness are described as is the background from which they came, and the social and political circumstances in which they operated. This pioneering study offers a valuable insight into each of the amateur armies covered and opens up an important and hitherto neglected aspect of military history.

Product Details

Author:
Stephen M Cullen
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
23 November 2020
Dimensions:
23.5 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1526734435
ISBN-13:
9781526734433
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Weight:
453.59 gm

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