CALL TO ARMS: THE STORY OF BUCKS' CITIZEN SOLDIERS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO DATE
Written by Ian F.W. Beckett
Published by Barracuda Books
in 1985
ISBN: 086023245X
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- HOME COUNTIES
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
- LIMITED EDITION
CALL TO ARMS: THE STORY OF BUCKS' CITIZEN SOLDIERS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO DATE
Written by Ian F.W. Beckett.
Stock no. 1819616
1st.
1985.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Buckinghamshire's Citizen Soldiers. Large format. B/w photos. 144 pages including list of subscribers. Limited edition. ISBN: 086023245X. This copy is NOT numbered. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and has faint label mark to front panel.
Front cover
Contents
- FOREWORD BY DR JOHN CLARKE, READER IN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM
- INTRODUCTION
- UNDER THE SWAN: 914-1792
- THE GRENVILLE FACTOR: 1793-1815
- LAWS AND DISORDERS 1815-1850
- GENTLEMENS VS PLAYERS: 1850-1899
- TERRITORIAL TAKEOVER: 1899-1914
- SERVICE AGAINST ODDS: 1914-1918
- INDIFFERENT DEFENCES: 1919-1939
- FROM DUNKIRK TO D DAY: 1939-1945
- SWANSONG: 1945-1985
- APPENDIX
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX