Download or read book The British Armed Nation, 1793-1815 written by J. E. Cookson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on the British Isles, Cookson sheds light on the nature of the British state and the extent of its dependence on society's self-organising powers.