| Description |
1 online resource (325 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; PART I Introduction; I The nature and origins of the Great Civil War: a brief overview; II How was the Great Civil War won?; III Battlecraft in seventeenth-century Europe; PART II Knock-out strategies; IV Initial strategies; V The battle of Edgehill; VI The first Thames valley campaign; Summary of Part II; PART III Parliament's offensive; VII Consolidation; VIII The second Thames valley campaign; Summary of Part III; PART IV A king's game |
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IX The battle of Roundway Down and the capture of BristolX The Gloucester and Newbury campaign; XI The first battle of Newbury; XII Maintaining the strategic initiative; XIII The Hampshire campaign; Summary of Part IV; PART V The allies' counterattack; XIV The third Thames valley campaign; XV The march to York; XVI The battle of Marston Moor; XVII The Royalist recovery; XVIII The second and third battles of Newbury; Summary of Part V; PART VI The crisis of the war; XIX Winter quarters; XX The Naseby campaign; XXI The battle of Naseby; XXII Langport and beyond; PART VII Tactics |
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XXIII Triumph on the battlefieldXXIV Reflections on the military history of the Great Civil War; Postscript The Second Civil War; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A Military History of the English Civil War examines how the civil war was won, who fought for whom, and why it ended. With a straightforward style and clear chronology that enables readers to make their own judgements and pursue their own interests further, this original history provides a thorough critique of the reasons that have been cited for Parliament's victory and the King's defeat in 1645/46. It discusses the strategic options of the Parliamentary and Royalist commanders and councils of war and analyses the decisions they made, arguing that the King's faulty command struct |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Military art and science
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056792
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056838
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jones, Frank
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| ISBN |
9781317868408 |
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1317868404 |
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9781315835617 |
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1315835614 |
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9781317868385 |
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1317868382 |
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9781317868392 |
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1317868390 |
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9781138176300 |
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1138176303 |
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1281384585 |
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9781281384584 |
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9786611384586 |
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6611384588 |
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1408211521 |
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9781408211526 |
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