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Cromwell at War: The Lord General and his Military Revolution
Martyn Bennett
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Description for Cromwell at War: The Lord General and his Military Revolution
Hardcover. Oliver Cromwell was arguably the most significant political figure in the early modern history of the British Isles. Yet he was also a military leader, with significant battlefield victories to his credit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. .
Martyn Bennett here provides the first military biography of Cromwell in the context of the seventeenth century Military Revolution. After commanding a small troop in 1643 and, without prior military experience, Cromwell rose to lead the cavalry regiments of the Eastern Association Army and the New Model Army to final victory at Worcester in 1651 and sealed the victory of the Parliamentary forces in Ireland and Scotland, becoming Lord General in 1650. Martyn Bennett analyses Cromwell's military talents and generalship, in addition to his well-attested powerful and even brutal discipline and religious fervour. He examines the controversial Irish ... Read more
Martyn Bennett here provides the first military biography of Cromwell in the context of the seventeenth century Military Revolution. After commanding a small troop in 1643 and, without prior military experience, Cromwell rose to lead the cavalry regiments of the Eastern Association Army and the New Model Army to final victory at Worcester in 1651 and sealed the victory of the Parliamentary forces in Ireland and Scotland, becoming Lord General in 1650. Martyn Bennett analyses Cromwell's military talents and generalship, in addition to his well-attested powerful and even brutal discipline and religious fervour. He examines the controversial Irish ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784535117
SKU
V9781784535117
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About Martyn Bennett
Martyn Bennett is Professor of Early Modern History and Head of Nottingham Trent University Graduate School. His research focuses on the English Civil Wars, the Military Revolution of the Seventeenth Century and the British Isles in the Early Modern period. He is the author of An A-Z of the British and Irish Civil Wars and Oliver Cromwell.
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