1st Edition

Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902

By Ian F W Beckett Copyright 2013
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during the Victorian period.

Introduction, Ian F. W. Beckett; Chapter 1 Britain, Ian F. W. Beckett; Chapter 2 Ireland, Timothy Bowman , William Butler; Chapter 3 Australia, Bob Marmion; Chapter 4 Canada, James A. Wood; Chapter 5 India, Kaushik Roy; Chapter 6 New Zealand, John Crawford; Chapter 7 South Africa, Tim Stapleton; Chapter 8 The South African War, 1899'“1902, Stephen M. Miller;

Biography

Beckett, Ian F W