In the original dust jacket. Black cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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This book is about the real Scottish soldier. Long before the idea of Scotland as a nation was born, the men who lived in the poor lands north of the Cheviot Hills were soldiers – not through their own choosing but because they had to be in order to survive. While wars on the continent absorbed generations of Scottish mercenaries it was the wars against England which finally welded the nation together.

Review: A really useful book on the Scottish soldier and the Scottish regiments from the Covenanting period through to the 1980s. There is some very brief cover of the history before the Covenanting period, but that is where the book starts in earnest.

It is not just a history book of which regiment went where and did what. The book provides quite significant information about equipment, clothing and uniform, and a variety of other interesting and relevant snippets. Well worth buying if you have any interest in the army and the soldiers of Scotland, and also valuable if you have an interest in Scottish weapons and armour.