Nations in Arms
Five Armies That Made Europe
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 14 August 2025
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781472872982
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 236x162x36 mm
- Weight 581 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Eight-page plate section in colour and black and white. 797
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Short description:
A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal with modern threats.
MoreLong description:
A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal with modern threats.
The most important task of any government remains the defence of its state and its citizens. Traditionally governments have used armed forces to do this. World events and comparative peace in Europe since 1989 have led most European governments to lose their focus on defence. However, recent events have proved that war is now as nasty, violent, destructive and prevalent as it has ever been, and governments need to fundamentally re-think their relationship with armies and soldiers.
History gives us several examples of states who have reconstructed their armies successfully, both on the field of battle but also in terms of how they relate to the state which it is their duty to protect. This book is about five armies who have adapted successfully: the 4th-century Roman army of Constantine the Great; the 15th-century Ottoman army of Sultan Mehmet II; Cromwell's New Model Army of the English Civil War; the Prussian Army of the Napoleonic Wars; and the US Army of the Second World War.
Former senior military officer and renowned military historian Barney White-Spunner draws lessons from their experience to establish long-standing principles that are as relevant today as they were in the 4th century. It is a book about armies, their loyalties, their organisation and their souls.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
1. What is an Army?
2. The Army of Constantine, 312
3. The Ottoman Army of Mehmet the Conqueror, 1453
4. The New Model Army, 1645
5. Prussia, 1806
6. The U.S. Army, 1941
7. Armies Today
Endnotes
Further Reading and Ideas for Exploration
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
