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Boots on the Ground: Britain and her Army since 1945 by General Lord Richard Dannatt (Hardcover, 2016)

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On Luneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this historic triumph, the last units of the British Army finally left their garrisons next to Luneberg Heath. Boots on the Ground is the story of those years, following the British Army against the backdrop of Britain's shifting security and defence policies. From the decolonisation of India to the two invasions of Iraq, and, of course, Ireland, the book tracks the key historical conflicts, both big and small, of Britain's transformation from a leading nation with some 2 million troops in 1945, to a significantly reduced place on the world stage and fewer than 82,000 troops in 2015. Despite this apparent de-escalation, at no point since WWII has Britain not had 'boots on the ground' - and with the current tensions in the Middle East, and the rise of terrorism, this situation is unlikely to change. Sir Richard Dannatt brings forty years of military service, including as Chief of Staff, to tell the fascinating story of how the British Army has shaped, and been shaped by, world events from the Cold War to the Good Friday Agreement. Whether examining the fallout of empire in the insurgencies of Kenya and Indonesia, the politically fraught battle for the Falklands, the long-standing conflict in Ireland or Britain's relationship with NATO and experience of fighting with - or for - America, Dannatt examines the complexity of perhaps the greatest British institution.

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PublisherProfile Books

ISBN-139781781253809

eBay Product ID (ePID)225647784

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Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBoots on the Ground: Britain and Her Army since 1945

Publication Year2016

SubjectGovernment, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorGeneral Lord Richard Dannatt

FormatHardcover

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Item Height240 mm

Item Weight820 g

Item Width162 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorGeneral Lord Richard Dannatt

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by ukandre.9ayaxibxa
05 Jan, 2017
Bloody good read sir
A great read for everyone not just written by a soilder for a soilder it reaches out to all spectrum of British history.l will put it on my book shelf and read again in a few months not a book I would lead to a mate as I would never get it back!!!!!
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