Readership: Students and scholars of modern military history; those at Military staff colleges; and military history buffs.
David French, Professor of History, University College London
"...an excellent book... Military Identities doubtless will be essential reading for scholars of the modern British army for decades to come." - S.P. MacKenzie, Twentieth-Century British History
"indispensable for military historians" - Geoffrey Best, London Review of Books
"this book is important for today as an accurate and wideranging archive and a pointer towards more radical reforms still required." - Michael Tillotson, The Times
"an exemplary study of the British Army in the Second World War... his book is meticulously scholarly" - Max Hastings, The Sunday Telegraph
"[an] excellent new study... Professor French brings cool analysis to a subject that too often generates heat rather than light. He marshals a formidable array of evidence to argue his case." - BBC History Magazine
"[an] excellent history ... Like all the best histories, this book has much to tell us about how to do our business today. This is a splendid survey of British armies... David French has made a heroic attempt to cover the ground; he succeeeds, ... because it is well-written and the subject is fascinating." - John Wilson, British Army Review
Introduction 1: The Cardwell-Childers Reforms and the Re-creation of the Regimental System 2: Recruiting for the Regiments 3: Basic Training 4: The Construction of the Idea of 'the Regiment' 5: Barrack Life 6: The Leadership of the Regimental system: Officers and NCOs 7: Deviancy and Discipline in the Regimental System 8: The Auxiliary Regiments 9: Civilians and their Regiments 10: The Regimental System and the Battlefield 11: The Creation of the Post-Modern Regimental System, c.1945-1970 Conclusion Bibliography Index
