1. From Wales to Cuba, 1797-1961 -- 2. Fishguard, 1797: Militia, Fencibles and Volunteers -- 3. The War of 1812: war, society and politics: militias in the United States and Canada, 1812-1815 -- 4. The Rifle Volunteers: "The wonder of the age", the Victorian amateur soldier -- 5. The Spanish American War, Cuba 1898 -- 6. Spain, 1936-39: ideologiocal war and murder in the Soanish Civil War -- 7. Cuba 1960-61: defending the Revolution: from the Escambray Mountains to the Bay of Pigs -- 8. Amateurs in the age of the professional.