The British cavalry / Philip Warner
1984, First Edition. London : J. M. Dent. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #307584
ISBN: 0460046179
Physical description; vii, 230 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 225. Contents; Cavalry ethos -- The functions and origins of the cavalry -- The evolution of British cavalry -- Problems in the field -- A new army -- The clash of battle -- A mixture of wars -- The never-ending war -- Waterloo -- Cavalry in the nineteenth century -- The Crimean War and its aftermath -- Small wars in large countries -- The Great War -- The last phase. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Cavalry History. Army. Great Britain Army Cavalry to 1945. cavalry. military history. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €14.95