Arming the Periphery

Arming the Periphery
Author: E. Chew
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2012-06-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137006609

A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914).

Encyclopedia of the Boer War

Encyclopedia of the Boer War
Author: Martin Marix Evans
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN: 9781851093328

This A-Z reference work covers aspects of the Boer War, including its origins, military strategy and tactics, the main battles and sieges, the principal political and military figures, weaponry, the treatment of the wounded, and the use of concentration camps.

The Soldiers' Press

The Soldiers' Press
Author: G. Seal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137303263

Through the first comprehensive investigation and analysis of the English language trench periodicals of the First World War, The Soldiers' Press presents a cultural interpretation of the means and methods through which consent was negotiated between the trenches and the home front.