Destructive and Formidable : British Infantry Firepower 1642 - 1765

Blackmore, David John

ISBN 10: 1848327684 / ISBN 13: 9781848327689

Editore: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2015

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 51491916-20

Riassunto:

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British Army’s victories over the French at battles such as Blenheim in 1704, Minden and Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantry’s particularly effective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore has gone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources to discover the reasons behind this.This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures and practices of soldiers in a given period and analyses those in order understand how things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did. In doing so, he has discovered a specifically British set of tactics, which created this effectiveness and allowed it to be maintained over such a long period, correcting many of the misconceptions about British infantry firepower in the age of the musket and linear warfare in a major new contribution to our understanding of an important period of British military history.

Informazioni sull?autore: Dr David Blackmore is a former curator at the Royal Armouries and the author of Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, British Cavalry of the Mid-18th Century and many other articles and contributions to books.

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Titolo: Destructive and Formidable : British ...
Casa editrice: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good