Parliament's Generals: Supreme Command & Politics During the British Wars 1642-

Name: Parliament's Generals: Supreme Command & Politics During the British Wars 1642-
Brand: Pen & Sword

Pen & Sword

\n\nPARLIAMENT\u2019S GENERALS\nSuper Command and Politics during the British Wars 1642\n\nPARLIAMENT\u2019S GENERALS\nSuper Command and Politics during the British Wars 1642\n\nWaller, Essex, Fairfax, Manchester and Cromwell are among the most famous military men who fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. While their performance as generals has been explored in numerous books on the campaigns, comparatively little has been written by military historians about the political aspects of high command, namely the ever-changing and often fractious relationship with the English Parliament and its executive committees. That is why Malcolm Wanklyn\u2019s study of these men is of such value, for he sheds new light on the qualities they employed in their attempts to achieve their military and political aspirations. In a series of insightful chapters he follows their careers through the course of the conflict, focusing on their successes and failures in battle and the consequ;