The Oxford illustrated history of the British Army

The English medieval army to 1485 / Michael Prestwich -- Towards the standing army 1485-1660 / Ian Rov -- The restoration army 1660-1702 / John Childs -- The great captain-general 1702-1714 / David Chandler -- The army of the Georges 1714-1783 / Alan J. Guy -- The army and the first British empire 1714-1783 / Tony Hayter -- The transformation of the army 1783-1815 / David Gates -- An unreformed army? 1815-1868 / Peter Burroughs -- The late Victorian army 1868-1914 / Edward Spiers -- The army and the challenge of war 1914-1918 / Tim Travers -- Thefour armies 1914-1918 / Peter Simkins -- The army between the two world wars 1918-1939 / Brian Bond -- The army and the challenge of war 1939-1945 / Carlo D'Este -- The army and the home front 1939-1945 / Alex Danchev -- The post-war army 1945-1963 / Anthony Farrar-Hockley -- The thirty years peace / John Strawson -- The army of British India / T.A. Heathcote -- The amateur military tradtion / Ian Beckett -- The British way in warfare / Hew Strachan -- Towards the fu