Cromwell at War: The Lord General and his Military Revolution - Hardcover

Martyn Bennett

 
9781784535117: Cromwell at War: The Lord General and his Military Revolution
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1784535117 ISBN 13: 9781784535117
Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2017

Synopsis

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 campaigns as well as modern accusations of genocide. In providing new perspectives on Cromwell's military career, Bennett adds to our understanding of England's only non-royal head of state.

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About the Author

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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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1784535117
ISBN 13 
9781784535117
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288