Celtic warfare 1595-1763
Hill, James Michael1986
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This well-researched work concentrates upon the confrontations between the unsophisticated Celtic system and the modernizing English army. Using both original sources and secondary works, Hill (University of Alabama) has done a masterful job of showing how the clan chiefs could only achieve victory when on the offensive, and only when they led from the front in the heroic manner. Their approach worked best when they fought a guerrilla war against poorly trained and ill-led English troops whose generals sought to garrison advanced posts in Gaelic territory. When the English were better armed with quick-firing muskets and ring bayonets and subject to the steadiness of discipline in the 18th century, the advantage of the Highland charge was dissipated, especially if the Scots could be encouraged to carry the offensive to their enemy's territories where they no longer held the advantage of local knowledge. The Celts traveled light and ignored logistics, a legacy they left to the American Southern Confederacy in 1861, and it, too, led to defeat.
Main title:
Celtic warfare 1595-1763 / James Michael Hill.
Author:
Hill, James Michael, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Donald, c1986.
Collation:
xi, 203 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography, pages 182-194. - Includes index.
Access restrictions:
Battle of Falkirk 1746, p110, p133-140, p153, p164.
ISBN:
08597615179780859761512
Dewey class:
355.00941941.1355.0089
LC class:
U43.G7
Local class:
941.004916941.105AE941.21
Language:
English
Subject:
Military art and science -- Great Britain -- HistoryCelts -- Great Britain -- HistoryCelts -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th centuryCelts -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryMilitary art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th centuryMilitary art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryScotland -- History -- WarfareBattles -- ScotlandJacobite RisingsWarfare -- Scots
Index terms:
Great BritainCeltsWarfare1595-1765CovenantersKilliecrankieJacobitesCullodenPrestonpans
BRN:
324964
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