Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of this Age'McGraw Hill Professional, 31.05.2004 - 240 Seiten Despite the wealth of British Civil Wars studies, little work addresses the nature of military leadership effectiveness in terms of the eventual result -parliamentary victory. It is no longer sufficient to credit religion, economics, localism or constitutional concepts for the outcome without considering the role of effective military leadership. The study of human conflict illustrates a simple, immutable truth -the finest, most inspired or motivated, well-trained, disciplined or experienced force is quite like a modern cruise missile. Without effective guidance, it is no more than a collection of very expensive parts. For the general military history reader, the work provides a concise strategic and operational narrative of the British Civil Wars of 1642-51 in northern England and Scotland. For historians, it offers an additional causative explanation for ultimate parliamentary victory. As a study of effective military leadership, it proposes, through a case study analysis based on a framework of characteristics and behavior of specific commanders from the wildly successful to the abysmal failure, a model of effective military leadership for present and successive generations of military, naval and air officers at all levels of command. |
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... allowed parliamentary commanders to conduct active and relatively coordinated field operations within their regions in the first months of the war, a significant advantage over the king, who continuously struggled owing to a lack of ...
... allowed parliamentary commanders to conduct active and relatively coordinated field operations within their regions in the first months of the war, a significant advantage over the king, who continuously struggled owing to a lack of ...
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... allowed for royalist attacks on their communications and logistics train back to Scotland. But Leven had no choice. Either he must subdue Newcastle by a siege with all his forces, thus negating their value to Lord Fairfax, or he must ...
... allowed for royalist attacks on their communications and logistics train back to Scotland. But Leven had no choice. Either he must subdue Newcastle by a siege with all his forces, thus negating their value to Lord Fairfax, or he must ...
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... allowed his troops to suffer hunger and deprivation leading up to and including the night of the battle, first on the windswept and desolate Doon Hill and then in the valley beneath. As the Scottish army waited through the rain ...
... allowed his troops to suffer hunger and deprivation leading up to and including the night of the battle, first on the windswept and desolate Doon Hill and then in the valley beneath. As the Scottish army waited through the rain ...
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Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of ... Stanley D.M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2004 |
Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of ... Stanley D.M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2004 |
Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: "the Genius of ... Stanley D. M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2005 |
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ability action advance advantage allied allowed appointed arms army arrival attack attempt August authority battle battlefield campaign Castle cause cavalry charge Charles Civil War Civil Wars Clarendon Colonel command Commons constitutional Cromwell defeat defence Despite discipline dynamics earl early Edinburgh effective efforts enemy Engager England English established experience failed field fight foot forces further gentry Hamilton horse House Hull initial invasion issue John July king king’s lack Lambert late leaders leadership Leslie Letters Leven London Lord Fairfax major military military leadership Model moral motivation Newcastle northern officers operations ordered Parliament parliamentary particularly political position Press proved quoted raised recruiting regiments regional religious remained resulted role royal royalist Scotland Scots Scottish senior September side siege Sir Thomas soldiers strategic successful tactical trained traits troops University victory York Yorkshire