The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945
- ISBN-10
- 0719029120
- ISBN-13
- 9780719029127
- Category
- Civil-military relations
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Ian Frederick William Beckett
Description
It might appear curious that that part of Arnold - Forster's scheme which met most resistance was the plan for the militia , which was currently 39,000 short of establishment with 42 per cent of its rank and file having less than two ...
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