BATTLES IN BRITAIN AND THEIR POLITICAL BACKGROUND, 1066-1746

dc.creator	Ian Van der Waag
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:35Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/28-1-205
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/afd8c86bdf7c4db2974a2fd19655d7af
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8322
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/afd8c86bdf7c4db2974a2fd19655d7af
dc.description	<p>William Seymour has produced the field guide to British battlefields for which military historians and battlefield tramplers have been waiting. <em>Battles in Britain </em>is a detailed account of thirty-two major battles fought on British soil from the Norse invasion under King Harold Hardrada (September 1066) through to the second Jacobite insurrection (1746).</p> <p>Every campaign, battle or action is skilfully analysed and the combat circumstances of each case are vividly recreated. Special attention is given to strategy, tactics and the principles of war - the professed focus of the book. The discussion is in most instances familiar: the use of interior lines by Harold Godwinson in 1066 and again by the Roundheads during the English Civil War; the successful usage of a Fabian strategy by the Scots in their wars against the English, and their often suffering defeat when pursuing a combat strategy. While most similar works stop here, Seymour goes further. He not only attempts to describe the emotions of the men (fear, boredom, weariness, despair, defiance and exhilaration), but also sets each battle against the political and historical background of the time. Seymour addresses not only the causes for each of the wars, but also the justness of each protagonist's resort to arms. This provision of context, and of the backdrop against which the campaigns and battles took place, is essential.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/205
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	ISBN I 85326 672 8
dc.subject	British battlefields
dc.subject	Harold Godwinson
dc.subject	under King Harold Hardrada
dc.subject	Battles in Britain
dc.subject	English Civil War
dc.subject	emotions of the men
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
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dc.title	BATTLES IN BRITAIN AND THEIR POLITICAL BACKGROUND, 1066-1746
dc.type	Article