The Making Of The British Army

Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore - eventually - a standing professional army.

• | By (Author): Allan Mallinson
• | Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 12, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 752 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0553815407
• | ISBN-13: 9780553815405