{"product_id":"war-cruel-and-sharp-english-strategy-under-edward-iii-13271360-warfare-in-history-11-9780851158044","title":"War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III  1327-1360 (Warfare in History  11)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA close study of the military and political strategies of Edward III and the Black Prince  whose great victories had by 1360 made England the foremost martial nation of Europe.  Contemporaries considered Edward III of England \"the wisest and shrewdest warrior in the world\"  but he has not fared so well in the estimation of modern historians  many of whom have argued that he was a fine tactician but a poorstrategist. This is despite the fact that by 1360 the English had become the foremost martial nation of Europe; that famous victories had been won at Dupplin Moor  Halidon Hill  Crcy  and Poitiers; and David II of Scotland and Jean II of France were Edwards prisoners  and the French  with the Treaty of Brtigny  had agreed to surrender a third of their kingdom to his sovereign rule in exchange for peace. In War Cruel and Sharp  Professor Rogers offers a powerfully argued and thoroughly researched reassessment of the military and political strategies which Edward III and the Black Prince employed to achieve this astounding result. Using a narrative framework  he makes the case that the Plantagenets ultimate success came from adapting the strategy which Robert Bruce had used to force the Shameful Peace on England in 1328. Unlike previous historians  he argues that the quest for decisive battle underlay Edwards strategy in every campaign he undertook  though the English also utilized sieges and ferocious devastation of the countryside to advance their war efforts.  CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is Professor of History  United States Military Academy  West Point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652332871733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0851158048","price":183.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780851158044.jpg?v=1781851192","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/war-cruel-and-sharp-english-strategy-under-edward-iii-13271360-warfare-in-history-11-9780851158044","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}