Submitted for Templar Medal 1997
`In The British Armed Nation, we have at last dsecured a pulication
which does justice to the enormous military efforts made by
successive British governments during the wars against
revolutionary and Napoleonic France. ... Among the strengths of Dr
Cookson's work is the first full discussion of the volunteering
movemnet for home defence. ... This work should be essential
reading for anyone who has an interest in the wartime events in any
portion of Great
Britain and Ireland and should be of particular interest to
historians of Scotland.'
R.M.Sunter, Scottish Historical Review, Vol LXXIX, 2:No. 208:Oct
2000.
`Cookson presents us with a fascinating and delicately shaded
picture of the distribution of power within the British Isles and
the complex nature of wartime patriotism. This is a book that
should be required reading for every historian of
eighteenth-century Britain.'
Stephen Conway, War in History, 2000, 7 (3).
`This is an impressive book, the fruit of many years research in
archives across the British Isles, which makes an important
contribution to ongoing debates about the nature of the
eighteenth-century British society.'
Stephen Conway, War in History, 2000, 7 (3).
`it is a significant work which needs to be noticed for the benefit
of those with an interest in the Napoleonic and Revolutionary
wars.'
Bob Wyatt, Bulletin of the Military History Society
`valuable scholarly account.'
Jeremy Black, Military History
`one of the most fascinating aspects of this work is Cookson's
account of the differential impact of the demand for manpower on
the Celtic fringe ... This is a significant work and it is
essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of the
Hanoverian state and, taken together with his previous work - Lord
Liverpools's Administration (1975) and The Friends of Peace (1982)
- reinforces the impression that Cookson is one of the most
important
historians at work in this field today.'
Stephen M. Lee, History
`persuasively argued and well substantiated, based partly on the
author's own researches and partly on the contribution of other
recent historians ... a valuable contribution to the historiography
on Hanoverian Britain, and greatly enriches our undertstanding of
the impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on British
government and society.'
Jeremy Whiteman, NZ Education Review
`This book packs a great deal of information into a small space.
The impressive research (particularly in local archives), careful
thought, analysis, and suggestive comments make it invaluable for
understanding the wars, the nature and operation of British
government, state formation, and nationality within the United
Kingdom.'
Neville Thompson, American Historical Review
`J.E. Cookson's masterly account of the problems confronting and
the solutions adopted by Pitt and his subordinates and successors
in the protracted crisis of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
reveals many surprises. The book is valuable as an addenda and
corrective to much of the new work being done in eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuery British history. But it is more than
that. Cookson ranges widely over social, economic, cultural and
political
issues. Unexpectedly, Cookson's look at the three kindoms at war
provides us with a window into the souls of nations.'
Ellis Archer Wasson, Albion
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