Mark Charles Fissel.

Mark Charles Fissel. English Warfare, 1511-1642 (Warfare and History.) fresh York: Routledge. 2001. Pp. xviii, 382 $2595 paper. ISBN 0-415-21482-3

This is a superbly written and brilliantly researched part Fissel "examines English land warfare from 1511 to 1642 blending narrative with thematic explanations of topics so as the military obligation and logistics" (p xi). He deals with three major questions: Was there an "English way of war?" by what mode expert were English soldiers "in the practice of arms" from 1642? And, were English soldiers inferior

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