Warrior Generals - Winning the British Civil Wars

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Wanklyn is professor of history at the University of Wolverhampton and former head of the Department of History and War Studies. Klappentext In this bold history of the men who directed and determined the outcome of the mid-seventeenth-century British wars--from Cromwell! Fairfax! and Essex to many more lesser-known figures--military historian Malcolm Wanklyn offers the first assessment of leadership and the importance of command in the civil wars. Zusammenfassung Presenting the history of the men who directed and determined the outcome of the mid-seventeenth-century British wars such as Cromwell! Fairfax! and Essex! this title examines how the generals prepared for! fought in! and followed up a battle! and provides an appraisal of the performance of individual commanders set against their peers.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm Wanklyn, Wanklyn Malcolm
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2010
• EAN: 9780300113082
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11308-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; England, History, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, Military and defence strategy, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1640 to c 1649, Civil wars, c 1650 to c 1659