Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution

Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution / Ira D. Gruber.

Author/creator	Gruber, Ira D.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : Copublished with the Society of the Cincinnati, ©2010.
Description	xiii, 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Great Britain. Army--Officers --Books and reading. Great Britain. Army--Officers --History --18th century. Books and reading--Great Britain --History --18th century. Military art and science--Great Britain --History --18th century. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --British forces.

Contents	Introduction: a French connection -- Officers and their books -- Books preferred -- Books not taken.
Abstract	By examining the preferences of some forty-two officers who served between the War of the Spanish Succession and the French Revolution, Gruber shows that by the middle of the eighteenth century British officers were discriminating in their choices of books on war and, further, that their emerging preference for Continental books affected their understanding of warfare and their conduct of operations in the American Revolution. --from publisher description
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Gruber, Ira D. Books and the British Army in the age of the American Revolution. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : Copublished with the Society of the Cincinnati, c2010
LCCN	2010014221
ISBN	9780807833780 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807833789 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DA67 .G83 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold