Britain and Wellington's army: recruitment, society and tradition, 1807-15

Britain was France's most implacable enemy during the Napoleonic Wars yet wasable to resist the need for conscription to fill the ranks of its army and sustain Wellington's campaigns in Portugal and Spain. This new study explains how the men were found to replenish Wellington's army, and the consequences on Britain's government, army and society. KEVIN LINCH currently holds an Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant on 'Soldiers and Soldiering in Britain, c.1750-1815' , and recent publicationsinclude 'A Geography of Loyalism? The Local Military Forces of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1794-1814', in 'War & Society' and 'A Citizen and not a Soldier: The British Volunteer Movement and the War against Napoleon' in Soldiers', Citizens and Civilians: Experiences and Perceptions of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1790-1820'. INDICE: List of Maps and Tables - Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction - Britain's Struggle with France - Ballots and Bounties: The Politics of Recruitment - Patterns of Recruitment: The Regional Response - Making Soldiers - The British Government and its Armies - The Legacy of the Peninsular War - Conclusion: Britain and Wellington's Army - Appendix: Inspection Returns Sampled from UKNA, WO27 - Notes - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27305-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 11/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés