Buy this book on-line KENYON, JOHN AND OHLMEYER, JANE - Edited by: : THE CIVIL WARS: A Military History of England,Scotland and Ireland 1638-1660UK.OXFORD.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,1998. ISBN 019866222X.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxivpp+3-391pp [paginated] includes co-author preface,separate contents+maps lists/tables,other co-author (J.P. Kenyon [1927-1996]) appreciation, contributors list,an introduction by John Morrill,Pts 1+2 comprising 5 and 3 chapters respectively,a postlude by John Morrill,profuse 17thC contemporary b/w facsimile illus reproductions,modern b/w maps,battle plans and photographs all interspersed throughout the text and the book,notes,a select bibliography,a chronology,and index and acknowledgements. Plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w family portrait (Charles I and family) illustrated frntis to it's reverse,a title page and dedication (to John Kenyon) page.
This beautifully illustrated military history of the British and Irish Civil Wars offers an integrated account of the conflict that engulfed the kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638.On the one hand,it analyses the interactions between the Stuart Kingdoms and compares and contrasts their wartime experiences; while on the other,it outlines the various civil wars which were fought within Scotland,Ireland, and England during the 1640s.This innovative volume,with contributions by nine leading historians of 17thC Britain and Ireland,explains why Charles I lost the 'Wars of the Three kingdoms' and how the English parliament reduced Ireland and Scotland to its authority after 1649. Throughout it examines the logistics of maintaining armies,the strategies adopted by the protagonists fighting in the various theatres of war,and the tactics used by their generals in combat.The diverse aspects of the conflict,such as the role of siege warfare shaping the course of events and the contribution of seapower to the conduct of the wars on land,are explored in fascinating detail. For over ten years in the mid 17th century,the kingdoms of England,Scotland and Ireland were locked in a bloddy,brutal struggle.What began as a clash of ideologies became a battle for identity as English forces gradually overcame Irish and Scottish resistance,paving the way for the political tensions within today's United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. What impact did this decade of civil strife have on the peoples of England, Ireland and Scotland,particularly on the men,women,and children caught up in the conflict? How did the hundreds of sieges and skirmishes,the pitched battles and seemingly endless troop movements,affect the development of military technology? How were the thousands of troops raised, trained,clothed,armed, and fed in countries that had been at peace for decades? Why,in the end,did one side win and the others lose?
'The Civil Wars' offers a powerful new assessment of the conflict that engulfed the three kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638.
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