THE GURKHAS

Engineering & Transportation

FARWELL, BYRON

Engineering

Penguin

Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton

Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Group USA

The outrageous, but often glorious, story of Britain's pre-World War I Army.This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.

Mr. Kipling's army

Norton

"Filled with interesting and often highly entertaining historical anecdotes, and there are some rare photographs and illustrations. . . . Lucid, well written. . . . A very sound contribution to our understanding of British Empire and South Asian history."â€”ChoiceThis book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attention to their unique skills and remarkable valor. Their story is as colorful and as romantic as that of the French Foreign Legion, and yet it has never been fully or adequately told.

The Gurkhas

Arts & Literature

Discusses the "fascinating sideshows" that occurred in the African theatres during World War I. Several black-and-white photos and maps.

THE GREAT WAR IN AFRICA, 1914-1918

History

Africa

W.W.Norton

This comprehensive book chronicles the rise of the American military and the role it played in winning World War I, from the declaration of war in 1917 to the social changes that ocurred on the homefront.

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-18

Europe

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

The definitive one-volume reference to the armies, arms, and actions of the century that defined modern warfare. The Napoleonic Wars opened the century; the American Civil War punctuated its midpoint. Throughout, conflict seldom abated, whether between the European powers on their own continent or between their colonial proxies around the world. Byron Farwell, an authoritative and engaging chronicler of military history, illuminates here all aspects of this colorful, horrifying, compelling century of war. Global in reach, the encyclopedia covers Latin American rebellions; African, Indian, and Southeast Asian conflicts; Chinese and Japanese actions; and the Indian wars of North America. It is comprehensive, with coverage of weapons development, battles and campaigns, military leaders, and more. Farwell's treatment of military medicine and wartime journalism is unmatched, and his interpretive essays relate events and people to one another and to the century's technological and scientific trends. Including nearly 1,000 illustrations reproduced from period sources, this groundbreaking encyclopedia is destined to become a much-used and desired reference.

The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Land Warfare: An Illustrated World View

Historical Study & Educational Resources

W.W.Norton&Company

"Tells all the old stories of imperial heroism con brio." ―Noel Annan, New York Review of Books From 1837 to 1901, in Asia, China, Canada, Africa, and elsewhere, military expedition were constantly being undertaken to protect resident Britons or British interests, to extend a frontier, to repel an attack, avenge an insult, or suppress a mutiny or rebellion. Continuous warfare became an accepted way of life in the Victorian era, and in the process the size of the British Empire quadrupled. But engrossing as these small wars are―and they bristle with bizarre, tragic, and often humorous incident―it is the officers and men who fought them that dominate this book. With their courage, foolhardiness, and eccentricities, they are an unforgettable lot.

Queen Victoria's Little Wars

Historical

The outrageous, but often glorious, story of Britain's pre-World War I Army. This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.

Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men

This book brings together the lives of eight of Queen Victoria's most renowned and idiosyncratic generals, men who helped create the British Empire and whose lives reflect the vigor and diversity of the age.They are: Hugh Gough, Charles Napier, Charles Gordon, Frederick Roberts, Garnet Wolseley, Evelyn Wood, Hector Macdonald, and Herbert Kitchener.

Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory

Military

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THE GURKHAS

Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton

Mr. Kipling's army

The Gurkhas

THE GREAT WAR IN AFRICA, 1914-1918

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-18

The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Land Warfare: An Illustrated World View

Queen Victoria's Little Wars

Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men

Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory