Название: British Redcoat 1740–93
Автор: Stuart Reid, Richard Hook
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Warrior 19
ISBN: 1855325543
Год издания: 2009
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 65
Формат: PDF
Размер: 34,5 MB
During 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
