The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History 1859-1908

by Hugh Cunningham

Book Overview

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 their own equipment, the Volunteer Force soon became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367233274
• ISBN13: 9780367233273
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"