Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

Some Thoughts about Books on the British Army.

Below are ten of what I consider the best books for beginning to learn about the American Revolution; particularly from the British point of view. If you have other thoughts, please let me know.

Boyle, J. (2009). From Redcoat to Rebel: The Thomas Sullivan Journal. Heritage Press.
Hagist, D. (2012). British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution. Westhomle Publishing.
Harvey, R. (2001). A Few Bloody Noses: The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution. The Overlook Press.
Houlding, J. (1981). Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795. Oxford University Press.
Lamb, R. (2004). A British Soldier's Story: Roger Lamb's Narrative of the American Revolution. Don Hagist, ed. Ballindalloch Press.
Martin, J. (1979). Private Yankee Doodle: Being a Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier. Center for Cultural Resources.
McConnell, M. (2005). Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775. University of Nebraska Press.
Peebles, J. (1998). John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782. Stakepole Books. Spring, M. (2008). With Zeal and Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783. University of Oklahoma Press.
Urban, M. (2007). Fusiliers: The Saga of a British Redcoat Regiment in the American Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing.