Erskine Childers, Ryan Desmond

German Influence on British Cavalry (eBook, ePUB)

With an Excerpt From Remembering Sion By Ryan Desmond

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1911, this vintage book contains an fascinating account of how British cavalry was influenced by German practices and techniques at the turn of the twentieth century. Contents include: "Introductory", "Sir John French on", "The Arme Blanche", "The British Theory of The Arme Blanche", "Cavalry In Combat", "Tactics Against The Various Arms", "The Fight Of The Independent Cavalry", "Tactics Against The Various Arms", "The Fight Of The Independent Cavalry", "The Battle Of All Arms", etc. This fantastic volume will appeal to those with an interest in military history and the evolution of modern cavalry in particular. Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922) was a British-born Irish writer. Other notable works by this author include: "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903), "The Framework for Home Rule" (1911), and "War and the Arme Blanche" (1910). Read & Co. is republishing this classic work in a brand new edition complete with an introductory excerpt from 'Remembering Sion' by Ryan Desmond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781528789011
• Artikelnr.: 58716335

Autorenporträt

Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 - 24 November 1922), universally known as Erskine Childers, was a British-born Irish writer, whose works included the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands. He became a supporter of Irish Republicanism and smuggled guns into Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard. He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. He was the son of British Orientalist scholar Robert Caesar Childers; the cousin of Hugh Childers and Robert Barton; and the father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.