A British Profession of Arms: The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army

by Ian F.W. Beckett

"You offer yourself to be slain," General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. "This is the essence of being a soldier." For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions-and sometimes from society as a whole. A British Profession of Arms effectively counters this view. In this definitive study of the late Victorian army, distinguished scholar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080616171X
• ISBN13: 9780806161716
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"