1st Edition

The Army in Victorian Society

By G. Harries-Jenkins Copyright 1977
    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    334 Pages
    by Routledge

    Although in Victorian society the Army was the aristocratic backbone of England, it was persistently engaged in fighting Colonial Wars.

    Chapter 1 The Impact of Defeat; Chapter 2 Officer Recruitment; Chapter 3 The Purchase System; Chapter 4 Professional Education; Chapter 5 The Search for Professionalism; Chapter 6 The Task of the Army; Chapter 7 The Army and its Political Attitudes; Chapter 8 Postscript; Notes Index;

    Biography

    G. Harries-Jenkins