1st Edition
The Volunteer Force A Social and Political History 1859-1908
By Hugh Cunningham
Copyright 1975
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1975, The Volunteer Force is a study of the part-time military force which came into being to meet the mid-nineteenth century fear of French invasion. It survived and grew for fifty years until in 1908 it was renamed and remodelled as the Territorial Force. Composed initially of middle-class and often middle-aged gentlemen who elected their own officers and paid for... Read more
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Formation of the Force
2. The Volunteers and the Working Class, 1860-1870
3. The Composition of the Force
4. An Officer – and a Gentleman?
5. Citizens and Soldiers
6. Patriotism and Recreation
7. The Politics and Reform, 1899-1914
Conclusion
Appendix: The Irish and the Volunteers
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Hugh Cunningham
