Military leadership in the British civil wars, 1642-1651 : "the genius of this age" / Stanley D.M. Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Stanley D. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Military art and science.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Campaigns.

Great Britain--History, Military--1603-1714.

Physical Description:

xv, 233 p. : maps.

Place of Publication:

New York : Frank Cass, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the wealth of British Civil Wars studies, little work addresses the nature of military leadership effectiveness in terms of the eventual result -parliamentary victory. It is no longer sufficient to credit religion, economics, localism or constitutional concepts for the outcome without considering the role of effective military leadership. The study of human conflict illustrates a simple, immutable truth -the finest, most inspired or motivated, well-trained, disciplined or experienced force is quite like a modern cruise missile. Without effective guidance, it is no more than a collection of very expensive parts.For the general military history reader, the work provides a concise strategic and operational narrative of the British Civil Wars of 1642-51 in northern England and Scotland. For historians, it offers an additional causative explanation for ultimate parliamentary victory. As a study of effective military leadership, it proposes, through a case study analysis based on a framework of characteristics and behavior of specific commanders from the wildly successful to the abysmal failure, a model of effective military leadership for present and successive generations of military, naval and air officers at all levels of command.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION

The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone

part Part I THE MINSTREL BOY

chapter 1 THE ART OF COMMAND

Concepts of military leadership

chapter 2 POLITICS, RELIGION AND WAR IN EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN

part Part II CHARIOT OF FIRE

chapter 3 MISERABLE BLOODY DISTEMPERS

Civil War in the north

chapter 4 IN THE RANKS OF DEATH

Royalist defeat and the New Model Army, 1644-1647

chapter 5 INEXORABLE THINGS

Civil War in the north, 1648

chapter 6 MY BOW AND ARROWS

The Third Civil War, 1650-1651.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-76945-1

1-84176-417-5

1-135-76946-X

0-415-40790-7

0-203-50404-6

1-280-10290-X

9780203504048

OCLC:

994902262