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The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-91

By John Childs

The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-91 Social Sciences

The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-91

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The comprehensive defeat of the Jacobite Irish in the Williamite conflict, a component within the pan-European Nine Years' War, prevented the exiled James II from regaining his English throne, ended realistic prospects of a Stuart restoration and partially secured the new regime of King William III and Queen Mary created by the Glorious Revolution. The principal events - the Siege of Londonderry, the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, and the two Sieges and Treaty of Limerick - have subsequently become totems around which opposing constructions of Irish history have been erected. John Childs, one of the foremost authorities on warfare in Early Modern Britain and Europe, cuts through myth and the accumulations of three centuries to present a balanced, detailed narrative and chronology of the campaigns. He argues that the struggle was typical of the late seventeenth-century, principally decided by economic resources and attrition in which the 'small war' comprising patrols, raids, occupation of captured regions by small garrisons, police actions against irregulars and attacks on supply lines was more significant in determining the outcome than the set piece battles and sieges.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
466
Release Date:
2007-08-20
Publication Date:
2007-06-20
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1852855738
ISBN13:
9781852855734
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
860 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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