The Williamite Wars in Ireland by John Childs

The Williamite Wars in Ireland by John Childs

This title provides an authoritative account of the wars between Britain and Ireland in the 17th century.William III's defeat of James II's Catholic army at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690 ended the Stuart dynasty's last hope of survival. It has also been central, together with the siege of Londonderry, to the foundation myth of Northern Ireland. John Childs, the leading military historian of the period, gives a clear and authoritative account of the campaign in all its stages.

Child's book is especially noteworthy in that naval operations during this war are examined thoroughly, and he is good on the battlefield tactic of the contestantsOff the battlefield, Childs is adept at unravelling the command rivalries that undermined the Jacobite war effort...In his preface, Childs writes modestly that 'an Englishman coming late in his career to the history of Ireland is constantly aware of his ignorance': but his concerns are misplaced, for he easily sails over the hurdles. * The International History Review, September 2009 *
There is much to commend in Child's work...a lively writing style with occasional flashes of humor and a high-spirited gleeful delight in the trivial. The general reader and the military historian can dip into this book with profit. * The Historian, 2010 *

John Childs is Professor of Military History and Director of the Centre for Military History in the University of Leeds. He has written a series of books on Early Modern European armies and warfare, including The Nine Years' War and the British Army, 1688-1697 and Warfare in the Seventeenth Century.

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ISBN 13	9781847251640
ISBN 10	1847251641
Title	The Williamite Wars in Ireland
Author	John Childs
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-04-15
Number of pages	464
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