The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025 - Ben Barry

A new study of a critical period in the history of the British Army.'An impressively detailed chronicle by an analyst well up to the task. Read it and weep.' Allan Mallinson, The Spectator The last half century has seen society, technology, the character of conflict and the British Army itself all change greatly. From a low point in the 1970s, the Army’s war fighting capability increased in the 1980s in the face of a prospective war with the Soviet Union. This capability was then tested on operations... Zobrazit více