Going to the Wars: The Experience of the British Civil Wars 1638-1651

ISBN-13: 9781138155787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 464 str.

Charles Carlton

Opis

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

1. The Actualities of War 2. The Drum's Discordant Sound 3. A sight - the saddest that eyes can see 4. Naming the Parts 5. A Soldier's Life is Terrible Hard 6. The Epitome of War 7.The Miserable Affects of War 8. Tradesman of Killing ... Managers of Violence 9. To Slay or be Slain 10. When the hurly-burly's done 11 More to Spoil Than To Serve 12. I don't want to go to war 13. Then we started all over again 14. Does it matter?

O autorze

Charles Carlton is Professor of History at North Carolina State University. His many publications include Royal Mistresses (1990), William Laud: 1573–1645 (1987), Royal Childhoods (1986), and Charles I (1983). For five years he was a part-time soldier in Britain’s Territorial Army, serving as an officer in the Welch Regiment, the Special Air Services Regiment, and the Intelligence Corps.