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The Black Watch : fighting in the front line, 1899-2006 /

"Victoria Schofield's new book, The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line 1899-2006, tells the heroic and inspiring story of the Scottish Black Watch regiment in wars across the world across the 20th and 21st centuries. Victoria Schofield draws on diaries, letters and interviews to weave...

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Main Authors: Schofield, Victoria (Author)
Group Author: Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948- (writer of foreword.)
Published: Head of Zeus,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army. > Regiment of Foot, 42nd > History.
Great Britain. > Army. > Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) > History.
Great Britain. > Army. > Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) > History.
Great Britain. > Army. > Black Watch (Royal Regiment of Scotland) > History.
Great Britain > History, Military.
Summary: "Victoria Schofield's new book, The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line 1899-2006, tells the heroic and inspiring story of the Scottish Black Watch regiment in wars across the world across the 20th and 21st centuries. Victoria Schofield draws on diaries, letters and interviews to weave the many strands of the story into an epic narrative of a heroic body of officers and men."--Publisher's description.
Carrier Form: xxxvi, 828 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 779-795) and index.
ISBN: 9781784979973
178497997X
Index Number: UA652
CLC: E561.51-09
Call Number: E561.51-09/S367
Contents: Chasing back the Boers -- Balancing power -- 1914: The Great War -- 1915: trench warfare -- hell on earth -- 1916: Attrition -- 1917: Blown to pieces -- 1918: Weary of war -- Their name liveth for evermore -- 1939: Marching off to war -- 1940: a colossal military disaster -- 1941: All hell broke loose -- 1942: The desert was their battlefield -- 1943: Fighting in the front line -- 1944: Only numbers can annihilate -- 1945: Unconditional surrender -- The illusion of peace -- Korea: the forgotten war -- Small wars: Kenya and British Guiana -- What the Black Watch does is news -- Emergency tours in Northern Ireland -- Travelling the seven seas -- Countering terror -- Confronting the Cold War -- Closure of empire -- Iraq: a grave and gathering danger -- Picking up the pieces -- Turning a page of history.

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