Gentlemen of the blade : a social and literary history of the British Army since 1660 /

Gentlemen of the blade : a social and literary history of the British Army since 1660 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brodsky, G. W. Stephen, 1933-
Imprint:	New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
Description:	xxxiii, 187 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contributions in military studies. 0883-6884 ; no. 70
Subject:	Great Britain. -- Army -- History. Great Britain. -- Army. Sociology, Military -- Great Britain. Sociology, Military. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/893379

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ISBN:	0313260672 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [177]-181.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
That Devouring Profession: The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century
Regular Army A Sort of Public Nuisance: The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Citizen Militia
The Devil's Code: The Regular Army in the Industrial Age
The Shrieking Pyre: The Citizen Martyr in the Great War A Just Cause: The Institutionalizing of Amateurism Since the Great War
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index