British Military History For Dummies

by Bryan Perrett

A plain-English guide to Britons in battle, from the Roman invasion to the ongoing Iraqi war Charging through the Britain's military past, this accessible guide brings to life the battles and wars that shaped the history of Britain-and the world. The book profiles commanders, explains strategies and tactics, and covers key developments in weaponry and technology.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Ebooks, Military History

464 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2007

About the author

Bryan Perrett was born in 1934 and educated at Liverpool College. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps, the 17th/21st Lancers, Westminster Dragoons, and the Royal Tank Regiment, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.A professional military historian for many years, his books include "A History of the Blitzkrieg" and "Knights of the Black Cross - Hitler's Panzerwaffe and its Leaders". His treatise Desert Warfare was widely consulted during the Gulf War. His most recent works, including "Last Stand, At All Costs" and "Against all Odds" examine aspects of motivation. During the Falklands and Gulf Wars Bryan Perrett served as Defense Correspondent to the Liverpool Echo. His books are widely read on both sides of the Atlantic and have been translated into several languages.

Reviews

[Anjar Priandoyo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not finish, but this kind of book that I need to get back once I need an inspiration

Military History

I try to get my writing habit back. It is very difficult, but I start with The British Military History (Bryan Perrett 2007). Good one, they divide into six chapters:

- Second world war (1939-1945)
- First world war (1914-1918)
- 19th century war (1800)
- Civil war (succession, independence and revolution (1700)
- Gunpowder (1500)
- Ancient war (medieval)

[Stephen Hero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two major themes surface straight after reading a small portion of the first paragraph of the preface (not included.)

(a) A pale and pretty girl with an elfish face and copper-coloured hair can only exist in an oligarchical society.
(b) Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.


Additionally, and you'll probably end up calling me a bit of a polemicist, I strongly feel that the vast majority of last third of this dummy concerns itself too much with the foretelling of plutocracy tradesmen as they become cunning enough to be more fastidious than their customers. Sorry to now vacillate, but this exegesis foretelling reeks of statism, which I agree with.


Vox populi: "As do we! As do we!"


And in the end, superficiality adumbrates in an ignoble medias res.

Much as life. Much as life.

[Jc · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was actually looking forward to reading this book because I love military history yet I was disappointed by this book. If you are a reader who is interested in a general survey of the UK (including politics, religion, sociology, cultural studies, and economics) then this is the book for you.

But if you are looking to read about true British military history, you will be disappointed.