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An Apprenticeship in Arms: The Origins of the British Army 1585-1702



The book examines how the military experiences of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III. more details
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  • Examines how the military experiences of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.
  • Provides a detailed and unique examination of how Irish and British soldiers interacted in the battlefield, and how their contrasting military doctrines and operational methods shaped the course of the Anglo-Irish War and the Williamite War in Ireland.
  • Provides a unique and in-depth exploration of the Irish experience in the Thirty Years' War, the most destructive and destructive war in European history.


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Author Roger B. Manning
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780199261499
Publication Date 01/06/2008
Publisher USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
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The book examines how the military experiences of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.

Explores the ways in which the diverse military experiences at home and abroad of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.
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