04051oam 2200721I 450 991045831190332120200520144314.01-315-83561-41-317-86840-41-281-38458-597866113845861-4082-1152-110.4324/9781315835617 (CKB)1000000000400202(EBL)1733924(SSID)ssj0000303279(PQKBManifestationID)11947590(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303279(PQKBWorkID)10275564(PQKB)11266026(MiAaPQ)EBC1733924(MiAaPQ)EBC5268321(Au-PeEL)EBL1733924(CaPaEBR)ebr10895820(OCoLC)884014647(OCoLC)897462627(Au-PeEL)EBL5268321(CaONFJC)MIL138458(OCoLC)1024275111(EXLCZ)99100000000040020220180706e20142005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA military history of the English Civil War, 1642-1646 strategy and tactics /Malcolm Wanklyn and Frank JonesFirst edition.Oxon [England] :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (325 p.)First published 2005 by Pearson Education.1-138-17630-3 0-582-77281-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 gameIX 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 TacticsXXIII Triumph on the battlefieldXXIV Reflections on the military history of the Great Civil War; Postscript The Second Civil War; Bibliography; IndexA 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 structMilitary art and scienceGreat BritainHistory17th centuryGreat BritainHistoryCivil War, 1642-1649Great BritainHistory, Military1603-1714Electronic books.Military art and scienceHistory942.06/24Wanklyn Malcolm.876532Jones Frank371481MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458311903321A military history of the English Civil War, 1642-16461957321UNINA