Cromwell's War Machine
The New Model Army, 1645-1660
Published on 24. January 2020
288 pages
978-1-78159-679-1 (ISBN)
Description
A historian of the English Civil Wars shares a fascinating study of the seventeenthcentury New Model Army, examining its formation, tactics, and significance. The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously researched and accessible new study, Keith Roberts describes how Cromwell's army was recruited, inspired, organized, trained, and equipped. He also sets its strategic and tactical operation in the context of the theory and practice of warfare in seventeenth-century Europe.
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Keith Roberts is one of the leading historians of the English Civil Wars, and he is an expert on the military organization and tactics of the time. His previous publications include Soldiers of the English War: Infantry, Edgehill 1642 (with John Tincey), Matchlock Musketeer 1588-1688, and First Newbury 1643.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: Background to Civil War, 1637-1642
- Chapter Two: The European Background: War, Politics and the Military Revolution
- Chapter Three: Recruitment, Uniform, Arms and Equipment
- Chapter Four: Training Methods and Training Manuals
- Chapter Five: Pay, Rations and Free Quarter
- Chapter Six: Regiments, Roles and Responsibilities
- Chapter Seven: Strategy, Tactics and Siege Warfare
- Chapter Eight: Professionalism: Honour, Self-Respect and Symbolism
- Chapter Nine: Military Life in Camp and Garrison
- Chapter Ten: From Victory to Mutiny
- Chapter Eleven: Mutiny
- Chapter Twelve: The Campaigns of the New Model Army, 1648-1653
- Chapter Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of a New World Power
- Notes
- Index
