1. The Actualities of War 2. The Drum's Discordant Sound 3. A sight - the saddest that eyes can see 4. Naming the Parts 5. A Soldier's Life is Terrible Hard 6. The Epitome of War 7.The Miserable Affects of War 8. Tradesman of Killing ... Managers of Violence 9. To Slay or be Slain 10. When the hurly-burly's done 11 More to Spoil Than To Serve 12. I don't want to go to war 13. Then we started all over again 14. Does it matter?
Charles Carlton is Professor of History at North Carolina State University. His many publications include Royal Mistresses (1990), William Laud: 1573–1645 (1987), Royal Childhoods (1986), and Charles I (1983). For five years he was a part-time soldier in Britain’s Territorial Army, serving as an officer in the Welch Regiment, the Special Air Services Regiment, and the Intelligence Corps.
"Charles Carlton has produced one of the most important books so
far written on early modern warfare."
-"Journal of Military History
"A big, bold, brash and disturbing study of the violence and pain
of the conflict. It is written with great vividness...This book
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wars."
-"History Today
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