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Scottish Battles John Sadler

Scottish Battles
John Sadler


Paperback | New edition | Oct 2016 | Birlinn | 9781780273792 | 256pp | 200x130mm | RFB
Paperback | Jan 2011 | Birlinn | 9781843410478 | 256pp | 198x129mm | RFB

Scottish history has been shaped and defined by a series of great battles. John Sadler gives the first full military history of Scotland for many years. From Mons Graupius to Culloden, he shows how terrain and politics shaped the campaigns and decisive engagements we still remember today. 

This new paperback edition includes detailed battle plans and eyewitness accounts where possible, and sections on the development of warfare – tactics, equipment and styles of fighting