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Author | : James Tanner |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2017-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612003702 |
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“The hitherto forgotten story of the development of the regimental band, mainly drummers and buglers. A rare piece of social history” (Books Monthly). The Instruments of Battle examines in detail the development and role of the British Army’s fighting drummers and buglers, from the time of the foundation of the army up to the present day. While their principal weapon of war was the drum and bugle—and the fife—these men and boys were not musicians as such, but fighting soldiers who took their place in the front line. The origins of the drum and bugle in the classical period and the later influence of Islamic armies are examined, leading to the arrival of the drum and fife in early Tudor England. The story proper picks up post-English Civil War. The drum’s period of supremacy through much of the eighteenth-century army is surveyed, and certain myths as to its use are dispelled. The bugle rapidly superseded the drum for field use in the nineteenth century—until developments on the battlefield consigned these instruments largely to barrack life and the parade ground. But there are surprising examples of the use of the bugle in the field through both world wars as the story is brought up to modern day and the instruments’ relegation to an almost exclusively ceremonial role. This is all set against a background of campaigns, battles, changing tactical methods, and the difficult processes of command and control on the battlefield. Interwoven is relevant comparison with other armies, particularly American and French. Stories of the drummers and buglers themselves provide social context to their place in the army.
Author | : Rev. Babatunde Ezekiel Ajibola |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2008-10-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 140921303X |
Download The Battle Destined to Fight Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is an eye opener to christians and mom-christians that the world that we are is a battle field and that we are fighting a battle that has been the longest in the history of mankind.The church as an institution must wake up to her spiritual responsibily to alert the world of the danger ahead. It is all about a kingdom and not just religion.
Author | : Carl von Clausewitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christian McWhirter |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2012-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807882623 |
Download Battle Hymns Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlor pianos, thundering at political rallies, and setting the rhythms of military and domestic life. With literacy still limited, music was an important vehicle for communicating ideas about the war, and it had a lasting impact in the decades that followed. Drawing on an array of published and archival sources, Christian McWhirter analyzes the myriad ways music influenced popular culture in the years surrounding the war and discusses its deep resonance for both whites and blacks, South and North. Though published songs of the time have long been catalogued and appreciated, McWhirter is the first to explore what Americans actually said and did with these pieces. By gauging the popularity of the most prominent songs and examining how Americans used them, McWhirter returns music to its central place in American life during the nation's greatest crisis. The result is a portrait of a war fought to music.
Author | : John Albert Lynn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Spencer Tucker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781786845474 |
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This reference work provides a fascinating overview of the major weapon systems and military technologies that have had a major impact on world history. Addressing weapons as crude as the club used by primitive man to the high-tech weapons of today such as unmanned drones, Instruments of War: Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History offers illustrated entries that examine the key roles played by specific weapons and identify their success and failures.
Author | : Richard Holmes |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : 9780679973331 |
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Presents a history of battles, from the hand-to-hand combat of the ancient Assyrians to the artillery actions of World War I.
Author | : Spencer C. Tucker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2015-07-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1440836558 |
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This highly detailed and well-illustrated single-volume work documents the evolution of warfare across history through weaponry and technological change. In war, the weapons and technologies employed have direct effects on how battles are waged. When new weapons are introduced, they can dramatically alter the outcomes of warfare—and consequently change the course of history itself. This reference work provides a fascinating overview of the major weapon systems and military technologies that have had a major impact on world history. Addressing weapons as crude as the club used by primitive man to the high-tech weapons of today such as unmanned drones, Instruments of War: Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History offers nearly 270 profusely illustrated entries that examine the key roles played by specific weapons and identify their success and failures. The book begins with an introductory essay that frames the subject matter of the work and discusses the history of weapons as a whole. The text is concise and accessible to general readers without extensive backgrounds in military history yet provides the detailed information necessary to convey the complexity of the evolution of warfare through technological change.
Author | : John Brooks |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2005-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135765537 |
Download Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the Dreyer fire control tables.
Author | : Alfred Price |
Publisher | : Greenhill Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781853676161 |
Download Instruments of Darkness Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Previous ed.: London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1977.