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A Military History of Scotland by Edward M Spiers; Jeremy A Crang; Matthew Strickland is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748633357','ISBN:9780748632046']); Winner of the Templer Medal from the Society for Army Historical Research, 2012 Winner of the Saltire Awards History Book of the Year, 2012 The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare. A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of the Scottish military tradition. This wide-ranging and extensively illustrated volume traces the military history of Scotland from pre-history to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. Edited by three leading military historians, and featuring contributions from thirty scholars, it explores the role of warfare in the emergence of a Scottish kingdom, the forging of a Scottish-British military identity, and the participation of Scots in Britain's imperial and world wars. Eschewing a narrow definition of military history, it investigates the cultural and physical dimensions of Scotland's military past such as Scottish military dress and music, the role of the Scottish soldier in art and literature, Scotland's fortifications and battlefield archae

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Author

Edward M Spiers; Jeremy A Crang; Matthew Strickland

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299154728

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military, Humanities