Warfare in History: War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy Under Edward III, 1327-1360 (Hardcover)

from cemanuel

I really enjoyed this - so often newer historical works from academics are overly dry. While it's no novel and has a lot of information in it, Rogers writes quite well and with an entertaining style. Clifford Rogers provides a detailed analysis of Edward III's campaigns from 1327 through 1360, in...

from ksmyth

An excellent book on the Hundred Years War. Rogers' attempts to overturn the perception that the slash and burn activities of Edward III were simply acts of brutality. Rather they were part of a calculating strategy intended to deprive his French adversaries of support, and force them to fight, p...

from cemanuel

I really enjoyed this - so often newer historical works from academics are overly dry. While it's no novel and has a lot of information in it, Rogers writes quite well and with an entertaining style. Clifford Rogers provides a detailed analysis of Edward III's campaigns from 1327 through 1360, in...

from ksmyth

An excellent book on the Hundred Years War. Rogers' attempts to overturn the perception that the slash and burn activities of Edward III were simply acts of brutality. Rather they were part of a calculating strategy intended to deprive his French adversaries of support, and force them to fight, p...