Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 16181648 [Hardcover]

Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years War. Though Leslies life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years War, the British Civil Wars and the age of Military Revolution.Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years War. Though Leslies life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years War, the British Civil Wars and the age of Military Revolution.Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Scotlands Indigenous Military Cultures; Chapter 3 The Scottish Military Diaspora; Chapter 4 The Thirty Years War Campaigns: Stralsund to Prague, 162835; Chapter 5 Alexander Leslie and the Army of the Weser, 16359; Chapter 6 The Home Front: Leslie, Ruthven and the Bishops Wars, 163841; Chapter 7 The Scottish Veteran Generals in England, 16427; Chapter 8 Going Full Circle: The New Scottish Command in Europe, 163948; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Appendix;

&this academic study is a necessary and long overdue supplement to E. L. Fischers The Scots in Germany. - William Shepherd, Catholic Library World

Overall, in Murdoch and Grosjeans rich and scholarly book, the researcher will find not just a long series of new facts, but also perspective and inspiration for researching new historical questions. This is precisely how important scientific research should work - Lars Ericson Wolke, Milit?rhistorisk tidskrift (The Journal of Swedish Military History)

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