The Williamite Wars in Ireland (Hardcover)

The comprehensive defeat of the Jacobite Irish in the Williamite conflict, a component within the pan-European Nine Years' War, prevented the exiled James II from regaining his English throne, ended realistic prospects of a Stuart restoration and partially secured the new regime of King William III and Queen Mary created by the Glorious Revolution. The principal events - the Siege of Londonderry, the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, and the two Sieges and Treaty of Limerick - have subsequently become totems around which opposing constructions of Irish history have been erected. John Childs, one of the foremost authorities on warfare in Early Modern Britain and Europe, cuts through myth and the accumulations of three centuries to present a balanced, detailed narrative and chronology of the campaigns. He argues that the struggle was typical of the late seventeenth-century, principally decided by economic resources and attrition in which the small war' comprising patrols, raids, occupation of captured regions by small garrisons, police actions against irregulars and attacks on supply lines was more significant in determining the outcome than the set piece battles and sieges.

General

Imprint:	Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	June 2007
Authors:	John Childs
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	466
ISBN-13:	978-1-85285-573-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-85285-573-8
Barcode:	9781852855734

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