Marlborough: Soldier and Diplomat

by Augustus Veenendaal (Editor), John Hattendorf (Editor), Rolof van Hovell tot Westerflier (Editor)

Overview

John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, has long been regarded as one of Britain's greatest generals as well as a key English political figure in the first decade of the eighteenth century.

The subject of numerous books in English, Marlborough has typically been seen only in terms of British political and military history. In this book, twelve leading specialists of the period broaden the perspective by assessing Marlborough in the wider and more diverse contexts of the European situation, the common soldier in the British army, the complementary activities of navies, the differing perspectives of the Austrians, Dutch, French, and Germans as well as in the context of the British popular press and the visual arts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789490258047
Publisher:	Karwansaray Publishers
Publication date:	12/19/2012
Series:	Protagonists of History in International Perspective Series , #2
Pages:	407
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Augustus J. Veenendaal (1940) earned his PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen in 1976. He retired in 2005 as senior research historian from the Institute of Netherlands History at The Hague, where he edited the correspondence of Grand Pensionary Anthonie Heinsius.

John B. Hattendorf (1941) has been the Ernest J. King professor of maritime history at the U.S. Naval War College since 1984. In addition to his many contributions to maritime history, he has published a number of articles on early 18th century history.

Rolof van Hövell tot Westerflier earned a LLM degree and a MA degree from the University of Leiden. He also received a degree in comparative law (MCL) from Columbia University. He has spent the last forty years practicing law in The Netherlands Antilles, Rotterdam and Jakarta. Driven by his lifelong passion for history, he founded Karwansaray Publishers in 2007, a company dedicated to promoting and sharing a multi-faceted view of history that crosses cultural and political boundaries.

Table of Contents

1.Britain in Europe during the Age of Marlborough(Dr. David Onnekink, The Netherlands)

2.Courtier, Army Officer, Politician and Diplomat. A Biographical sketch of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough(Prof. John B. Hattendorf, The United States)

3.John Churchill, Professional Soldiering, and the British Army, c1660-c1760(Dr. Alan J. Guy, The United Kingdom)

4.Marlborough and Siege Warfare(Prof. Jamel Ostwald, The United States)

5.'By thes difficultys you may see the great disadvantage a confederat army has'. Marlborough, the Allies, and the Campaigns in the Low Countries, 1702-1706(Prof. John Stapleton, The United States)

6.Marlborough and Anthonie Heinsius. Friends, Colleagues, or just working together for the Common Cause?(Dr. Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr, The Netherlands)

7.Marlborough as an Enemy(Dr. Clément Oury, France)

8.'The only thing that could save the Empire'. Marlborough, the States General, and the Imperial States: Diplomacy and Military Strategy in the War of the Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War, 1700-1711(Prof. Bernhard R. Kroener, Germany)

9.Friendship and Realpolitik. Marlborough and the Habsburg Monarchy(Dr. Michael Hochedlinger, Austria)

10.The Anglo-Dutch Navies in Marlborough's Wars(Prof. Jaap R. Bruijn, The Netherlands)

11.A European general in the English press. The print image of Marlborough in the Stuart realms(Prof. Tony Claydon, The United Kingdom)

12.'The British Caesar'. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and the visual arts(Dr. Richard Johns, The United Kingdom)