Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Spine faded. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This book is the official history of the Royal Military Police at the same time and perhaps more essentially it is the story of the ‘Redcap’. In it Major Lovell-Knight records fairly and accurately the vital role which this oft-maligned Corps has played in the history of the British Army. He describes how the disciplinarians of pre-war years shouldered the all-important task of keeping the roads open and ensuring that the cohesion and impetus of an invading force was maintained. He shows too how the Redcap by his personal encounter with enemy or terrorist can keep an international border incident at police not Army level and by tact and firmness avoid the use of guns and tanks. No beating drums no flying colours no battle-lines of massed battalions this is the history of a body of officers and non- commissioned officers who operate as individuals within a proud Corps and form an essential part of the modern professional British Army. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources the author tells a fascinating story and it will doubtless come as a surprise to many to learn. (MP)