The politics of self-preservation : a social history of the British Army rank-and-file during the Napoleonic era

The purpose of this thesis was to gain some insight into the common soldier's perception of his existence within the British Army during the Napoleonic era. Specifically, I sought to understand how the vast majority of them managed to cope with conditions that would strike most people today as...

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Main Author: Kuczma, Roland Paul
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19496