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War Cruel and Sharp - English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 (Paperback)
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War Cruel and Sharp - English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 (Paperback)
Series: Warfare in History
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A close study of the military and political strategies of Edward
III and the Black Prince, whose great victories had by 1360 made
England the foremost martial nation of Europe. Contemporaries
considered Edward III of England "the wisest and shrewdest warrior
in the world", but he has not fared so well in the estimation of
modern historians, many of whom have argued that he was a fine
tactician but a poorstrategist. This is despite the fact that by
1360 the English had become the foremost martial nation of Europe;
that famous victories had been won at Dupplin Moor, Halidon Hill,
Crecy, and Poitiers; and David II of Scotland and Jean II of France
were Edward's prisoners, and the French, with the Treaty of
Bretigny, had agreed to surrender a third of their kingdom to his
sovereign rule in exchange for peace. In War Cruel and Sharp,
Professor Rogers offers a powerfully argued and thoroughly
researched reassessment of the military and political strategies
which Edward III and the Black Prince employed to achieve this
astounding result. Using a narrative framework, he makes the case
that the Plantagenets' ultimate success came from adapting the
strategy which Robert Bruce had used to force the "Shameful Peace"
on England in 1328. Unlike previous historians, he argues that the
quest for decisive battle underlay Edward's strategy in every
campaign he undertook, though the English also utilized sieges and
ferocious devastation of the countryside to advance their war
efforts. CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is Professor of History, United States
Military Academy, West Point.
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