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Medieval Warfare: Triumph & Domination In The Wars Of The Middle Ages Hardcover – February 1, 2007

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Great Britain's story is punctuated by the glorious battles at Bannockburn, Crecy and Agincourt, and Shakespearean heroes like Edward III, Henry V, and Hotspur. History remembers this as an age of chivalry interwoven with mythic feats of bravery. Yet this is a period of war when three nations struggled against each other over 200 years bringing England to the brink of Civil War. Many historians have tackled the questions of why the wars between England, Scotland and France between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries occurred; few have had the expertise to explain how England came to dominate medieval warfare.

Peter Reid, formerly the Major General of logistics for the British Army, uses his experience to recast how the small English forces were able to face down their enemies on so many fronts. Within the 116 years of conflict only a handful of battles were actually fought; instead the British army conducted a policy of raiding and sieges. Additionally, when two armies met, the famous English archers created havoc on the field, and battles were won or lost by hand to hand fighting.

Medieval Warfare is revelatory about the role of war in creating Great Britain.

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400 pages
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English
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Carroll & Graf Publishers
Publication date

February 1, 2007
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6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
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0786718595
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978-0786718597
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Major General Peter Reid was born in 1925. He served in the British
army from 1945 and worked in Germany, Egypt, Malaya and Morocco. He
later became Major General in control of the Royal Armoured Corps. He
retired in 1981 and became a defense consultant in Europe and America.
Since 1993 he has been sharing his time between homes in Wiltshire and
Gascony, France, where he has been working on the history of Medieval
warfare, a subject that has fascinated him throughout his life.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carroll & Graf Publishers; First American Edition (February 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786718595
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786718597
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches

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3DCal

Very interesting...a great read.

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014

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My first impression is "What an amazing work." Appears to be very well documented and researched. I like the
writing style of the author......informative, descriptive, well written with the sound of authority, but not stuffy.

I only wish I could meet the General in person, hear his many memories from when he was a young man of 20 in
1945, during his military career, to the present.

Thank you sir for taking time to put together your accounts of Medieval history. We appreciate
your service to your country and the historical narrative.
Cheers,
Cal McGaugh
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Shows the perfidy of the English nobles.

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2007

MEDIEVAL WARFARE deals mostly with The Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses. It starts out a little dry as it explains how the various kings paid for their constant wars, how the battles were fought, and England's attempt to claim the French throne. Peter Reid never does deal much with personalities, although he does provide an appendix in the back with bios of the various "wolfish" dukes and earls.

Another glossary defines unfamiliar Medieval terms such as "bill," a staff weapon adapted from a farm implement with a sharp point at the end and "hauberk," a shirt of mail reaching to mid thigh.

Scotland proves to be more of a worthy adversary than one might think. Such luminaries as William Wallace and Robert Bruce show up early, but once again, Reid disdains to tell us much about them. Luckily, I had Carolly Erickson's PANOPLY, a book about the English kings from William the Conqueror to the present day to spur my memory. The Scottish generals taught the English how to deploy their archers to best effect, which helped them defeat the French, as the French relied on cross bows rather than the more potent long bows.

About two hundred pages in we learn more about the famous battles, such as Poitiers and Agincourt. Unfortunately, they're pretty much all the same. The French never did adapt to the English style of fighting. There were times when the English were outnumbered five to one and still won. Somewhere in there Joan of Arc shows up, proving to be an inspiration to the French soldiers before a deceitful Duke of Burgundy sold her to the British and she was burned at the stake.

French did eventually chase the English out of Normandy but it was due to a lack of interest on the part of the English parliament, kings such as Henry VI, and the refusal of the nobility to replenish the Norman garrisons.

I found the War of the Roses to be much more interesting. I never really had a handle on that one. It was the Yorks vs. the Lancasters. Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV), a Lancaster, usurped the thrown from incompetent Richard II. Henry V was an effective king, but his son Henry VI was another incompetent, as well as insane. In steps The Duke of York, who takes the throne back for the Yorks if only for his son Edward IV, another excellent king, whose brother, Richard III, murders Edward's sons to take the throne himself. He, in turn, is supplanted by Henry Tudor (Henry VII), whose claim to the throne was never quite explained to my satisfaction.

I've never read Shakespeare's "Richard III," but it's interesting to know that he was an excellent soldier who was loyal to his brother, until tempted by the Duke of Buckingham, who thought he should've been king. The book also leaves out the hunchback.

After reading MEDIEVAL WARFARE I now understand why rulers such as Queen Elizabeth were so ruthless when it came to the nobility. You just couldn't trust these buggers.

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