Officers and Gentlemen
Title | Officers and Gentlemen PDF eBook |
Author | Evelyn Waugh |
Publisher | Alien Ebooks |
Total Pages | 383 |
Release | 2023-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1667623745 |
Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and respect must be paid to the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is soon followed by the bitterness of Crete, where chaos reigns and a difficult evacuation must be accomplished.—Goodreads.com.
From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen
Title | From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen PDF eBook |
Author | Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2019-07-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1789202957 |
Based on unprecedented access to the Ghanaian military barracks and inspired by the recent resurgence of coups in West Africa, Agyekum assesses why and how the Ghana Armed Forces were transformed from an organization that actively orchestrated coups into an institution that accepts the authority of the democratically elected civilian government. Focusing on the process of professionalization of the Ghanaian military, this ethnography based monograph examines both historical and contemporary themes, and assesses the shift in military personnel from ‘Buga Buga’ soldiers – uneducated, lower-class soldiers, human rights abusers – to a more ‘modern’ fighting force.
A Gentleman and an Officer
Title | A Gentleman and an Officer PDF eBook |
Author | Judith N. McArthur |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 391 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0195093127 |
He left behind seven children, the eldest only twelve, and a wife who was eight and a half months pregnant. As a field officer in a prestigious unit, the opportunities for fame and glory seemed limitless.
Men at Arms
Title | Men at Arms PDF eBook |
Author | Evelyn Waugh |
Publisher | Alien Ebooks |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2023-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1667623737 |
Volume 1 of Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. The other two volumes are Officers and Gentlemen and The End of the Battle (UK title Unconditional Surrender). The novel is semi-autobiographical and reflects Waugh's experiences during the Second World War, while giving a satirical view of military bureaucracy. There is a strong religious element.
Roman Officers and English Gentlemen
Title | Roman Officers and English Gentlemen PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hingley |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134563124 |
This landmark book shows how much Victorian and Edwardian Roman archaeologists were influenced by their own experience of empire in their interpretation of archaeological evidence. This distortion of the facts became accepted truth and its legacy is still felt in archaeology today. While tracing the development of these ideas, the author also gives the reader a throrough grounding in the history of Roman archaeology itself.
Gentlemen and Officers
Title | Gentlemen and Officers PDF eBook |
Author | T. S. Brown |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Making Officers Out of Gentlemen
Title | Making Officers Out of Gentlemen PDF eBook |
Author | Vipul Dutta |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780190130220 |
Making Officers out of Gentlemen aims to study the emergence and evolution of the military training and feeder institutions, beginning in the early twentieth century, which were central to the project of Indianization-a key political and nationalist process aimed at opening up of the officer ranks to Indians in the Indian Army. This volume examines a broad network of institutions, starting from the early preparatory schools in the northwest that sprang up from the 1890s to the post-Independence national institutions like the National Defence Academy (NDA). The author argues for a more sustained discussion on the policy implications of this large transformation of India's institutional landscape, where Indianization turned the spotlight on issues of the Indian officers to their evolving occupational profile, the relevance of educational policy in military decision-making, and their larger systemic relationship with the colonial and postcolonial State. The book also addresses military training institutions broadening the scope of military Indianization policies in order to include substantive themes of administration, student and officer training, and other institutional challenges.