BLACK WATCH (Parker) (Pbk)

The dramatic and bloody history of the "Black Watch", Britain's most decorated regiment. The Royal Highland Regiment, commonly known as the "Black Watch", has fought in virtually every conflict involving Britain for the past three centuries. Formed in 1739, the Black Watch is the oldest Highland regiment. Their battle honours read like a précis of British military history: American War of Independence, Waterloo, Crimean War, Boer War, First World War and World War II (in which six Black Watch battalions were involved in every campaign except Norway and the South Pacific) and so on until the current Iraq campaign. Using archive material and first-hand testimony, John Parker brings alive the history and tradition of this extraordinary organisation, which has been winning battles for over 250 years.