The British Armed Nation, 1793-1815 [Hardcover]

Cookson considers the impact of war on the British Isles through a detailed examination of the armed response to the French strategic encirclement of Britain and Ireland during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Besides providing the first comprehensive survey of the mobilization of armed force for the regular army, militia, and volunteers, he demonstrates particularly the effect on Scotland and on urban communities.

This book is valuable as an addenda and corrective to much of the exciting new work being done in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British history....Cookson ranges widely over social, economic, cultural, and political issues....Cookson's look at the three kingdoms at war provides us with a window into the souls of nations. --Albion

This is a distinguished contribution to the contemporary historiography on the British wars against the French Revolution and Napoleon....The impressive research, 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. --American Historical Review