Osprey - British Redcoat

Author: Stuart Reid
Illustrator: Richard Hook
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Co, Sept 2000
ISBN 1-84176-153-2
Softcover, 64 pages, measures (in inches) 0.25 x 9.75 x 7.25

About this Book
During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly professional force. This was an important time of change and improvement for the British Army, and British Redcoat 1740-1793 fully brings this out in its comprehensive examination of the lives, conditions and experiences of the late 18th-century infantryman.

Contents

• Introduction
  
• Recruitment
  
• Pay and Subsistence
  
• Living Conditions
  
• Career
  
• Training and Tactics
  
• Bibliography
  
• Glossary