Five more books to read. The first one is great background and the collection of four volumes has tons of great photos to inspire your figure and vehicle collections and wargame board set ups for urban and rural guerilla actions.
Stanhope, Henry. The Soldiers- An Anatomy of the British Army.
Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1979.
A very interesting and informative book. It covers all aspects of army life in the late 1970s. It has sections on Organisation, Deployment, The Regiments and Military Society. The problems of the army are discussed too, from TAVR recruitment and promotion to army wives and housing issues. This gave me some good ideas as to why army units may become disaffected and liable to join different sides in the Winter of ‘79.
Barzilay, David. The British Army in Ulster. Four volumes.
Century Books, Belfast, 1977-1981 .
This book is largely a day-by-day history of the Troubles and also has sections on equipment, operations, The IRA and some individual Regimental experiences of their tours in Ulster. It has a lot of great photos of the sorts of military deployments we would see in a ‘Winter of ‘79’ Britain.
Volume One deals with 1969-73,Volume Two with 1974-5, Volume Three with 1976-7 and Volume Four with 1978-80 (this last volume is rare and expensive).
