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"This book examines the place and status of the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments from the late eighteenth century until their disbandme

A cultural, military and imperial history of the Black soldiers of Britain's West India Regiments.

The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians of

Dramatic and taut, this is the heartrending true story of a soldier in post-World War I France who has lost his memory and identity. When his picture is publish

When 16 year-old Joseph Donaldson announced to his parents in 1809 that he had 'gone for a soldier', they were understandably horrified, given the bleak and unc