Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802Condition: NewFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 1843838370EAN: 9781843838371ISBN: 9781843838371Publisher: The Boydell PressRelease Date: 07/18/2013Description: Traces the origins and early development of the Royal Marines, outlining their organisational structures, their recruitment and social background, the activities in which they were engaged, and how their distinctive identity was forged.The Royal Marines come from a long and proud tradition dating back to 1664. However, the first incarnation of the service, the Marine Regiments, was plagued by structural and operational difficulties. The formation of the BritishMarine Corps at the onset of the Seven Years War in 1755 was a defining moment, for this was the first time the government gave operational priority to the Navy. Following many trials and tribulations, in 1802 the British Marine Corps were made the Royal Marines, giving them official sanction and permanency that has continued to the present day. This book explores the long period between the Corps of Marines' inception and its Royal codification in 1802. Based on extensive original research, it charts the development of the marines' organisational structures and the Corps' rapid expansion and change. It examines the operations and tasks the marines were required to undertake, showing how special operational requirements and organisational structures combined to give rise to the Royal Marines' distinctive identity, quite separate from exclusively land-based or exclusively maritime-based forces. Amongst a great deal of fascinating detail, the book provides interesting information on how marines were recruited, from what social backgrounds they came, how they were trained, how they were paid, and how their key duties includedguarding against mutiny and desertion, and being available as an imperial "rapid reaction force". The book includes extensive material on the many, very varied actions in which the marines were involved, worldwide, including the famous, successful action against American rebels at Boston's Bunker Hill in 1775. BRITT ZERBE completed his doctorate in maritime history at the University of Exeter.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Britt Wyatt ZerbeGenre: Law & PoliticsItem Weight: 1gRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802
Title: The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802
ISBN-10: 1843838370
EAN: 9781843838371
ISBN: 9781843838371
Release Date: 07/18/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Publication Name: Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Modern / 18th Century, Military / Naval, Europe / Great Britain / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Britt Zerbe
Subject Area: History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
