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Author Wheeler, James Scott.

Title The Irish and British wars, 1637-1654 : triumph, tragedy, and failure / James Scott Wheeler.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Warfare and history
Warfare and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; List of plates; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction; The Scottish Revolution and the two Bishops' Wars; The outbreak of the English and Irish Revolutions, 1640 1642; The wars expand; Stalemate, turning point, and disillusionment; The creation of the New Model Army and the royalist defeat; Parliament's victory and search for a settlement; The defeat of the Irish Confederacy and the second English Civil War; The execution of Charles I and the conquest of Catholic Ireland; The triumph and failure of the Commonwealth, 1649 53.
Triumph and tragedy: the first Dutch War and the death of the English RepublicBibliography; Index.
Summary Connecting the strategic and tactical levels of war with political actions and reactions, The Irish and British Wars, 1637-1654 is an accessible and well-documented study of the wars of Britain and Ireland in the mid 17th century.
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Subject Puritan Revolution (Great Britain : 1642-1660)
Rebellion of 1641 (Ireland : 1641)
Ireland -- History -- 1625-1649.
Ireland.
History.
Chronological Term 1625-1649
Subject Ireland -- History -- 1649-1660.
Chronological Term 1649-1660
Subject Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649.
Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
International relations.
Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland.
Chronological Term 1625-1660
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Wheeler, James Scott. Irish and British wars, 1637-1654. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415221315 (DLC) 2002075201 (OCoLC)49991581
ISBN 0585464731 (electronic book)
9780585464732 (electronic book)
0203463595 (electronic book)
9780203463598 (electronic book)