Alexander Leslie and the Scottish generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 /

Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years' War. Though Leslie's life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years' War, the British Civil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Murdoch, Steve
Other Authors:	Grosjean, Alexia
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.
Series:	Warfare, society and culture ; no. 9.
Subjects:	Leven, Alexander Leslie, > Earl of, > 1580?-1661 > Military leadership. Leven, Alexander Leslie, > Earl of, > 1580?-1661. Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) Leslie, Alexander, > 1580-1661. Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648. Command of troops. Dreissigjähriger Krieg. Trettioåriga kriget 1618-1648. Generaler. Storbritannien > Skottland. 1618-1648
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Table of Contents:

Scotland's indigennous mlitary cultures
The Scottish military diaspora
The Thirty Years' War campaign : Stralsund to Prague, 1628-35
Alexander Leslie and the army of the Weser, 1635-9
The home front : Leslie, Ruthven and the bishops wars, 1638-41
The Scottish 'Veteran Generals' in England, 1642-7
Going full garde : the new Scottish command in Europe, 1639-48.