History of the British army;

by Peter Young, J.P. Lawford

BRITISH ARMY HISTORY FOR 300 YEARS INTO PUBLICATION DATE OF LATE 1960S.

304 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Brigadier Peter Young, DSO, MC & 2 bars was a British soldier & WWII veteran. He served with the Commandos during that war, ultimately commanding a Brigade. After the war, he commanded a regiment on secondment to the Jordanian Arab Legion. After his retirement from the army, he became a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and eventually also a well-respected author of books on Military History, particularly with reference to the Second World War, the English Civil War & the Napoleonic Wars.