The Civil Wars: A Military History Of England, Scotland, And Ireland 1638 1660

This 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 17th-century 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.