Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army 1700

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Has anybody read or seen Charles Kirke’s, Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army 1700 to 2000 (Continuum, 2009) £60.00). According to a brief review I found on the internet:

Kirke searches for a human thread that connects soldiers over a 300-year period using first-hand accounts from witnesses, memoirs, diaries and letters.

It sounds interesting but at £60 I am slightly hesitant, so I look forward to any comments

regards

Duncan