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100 1 _aIan F W Beckett
245 1 0 _aCitizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902
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260 _aOxford
_bRoutledge
_c20151006
300 _a240 p
520 _bThe British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This volume of essays seeks to examine the role of citizen soldiers in Britain and its empire during the Victorian period.
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