Description:
Leading military historians analyse the changing depiction of the British army and its role in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial conflict in the cinema of empire from the silent era to contemporary cinema.
Brief description:
Professor Ian Beckett FRHist S, FSAHR, is Honorary Professor of Military History at the University of Kent, having retired from teaching there in 2015. His books include A British Profession of Arms: The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army (2018), and British Military Panoramas: Battle in the Round, 1800-1914 (2022).
Review Quotes:
Army, Empire & Film is a strong contribution not only to Film and Military History but also Post-Colonial and National Cinema Studies. Its contributors wrote clearly and researched well, creating a book that is informative and accessible to a wide range of readers.