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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, 16 black and white illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 26-Jul-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Pen & Sword Military
  • ISBN-10: 1399020862
  • ISBN-13: 9781399020862
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, 16 black and white illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 26-Jul-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Pen & Sword Military
  • ISBN-10: 1399020862
  • ISBN-13: 9781399020862
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David Cooper’s book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory.

David Cooper’s book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory. It charts the sequence of battles from the c. AD 500 siege of Badon Hill, in which the Britons defeated the first Saxon attempt to gain a foothold in Wessex territory, to Langport in 710, which consolidated King Ine's position and pushed the Britons westwards. Discussion of the post-Roman British and Germanic factions provides context and background to Badon Hill, which is then covered in detail and disentangled from Arthurian legend. In considering how the opposing commanders are likely to have planned their campaigns, enduring principles of military doctrine and tactics are discussed, using examples from other periods to illustrate how these principles applied in Dark Ages Britain. Going on to follow subsequent campaigns of the West Saxons in southern Britain, a credible assessment is made of how these resulted in the establishment of a viable Wessex kingdom, two centuries after Badon. Grounded in the latest academic and archaeological evidence, David Cooper offers a number of new insights and ideas.
Preface vii
Introduction ix
List of Maps and Illustrations
xv
Chapter One The Fifth-Century Tribes of Britain
1(32)
Chapter Two The Hampshire Avon Frontier
33(24)
Chapter Three Doctrine, Organisation and Tactics
57(26)
Chapter Four The British in the South West
83(24)
Chapter Five The Badon Campaign
107(26)
Chapter Six The Siege of Badon Hill
133(24)
Chapter Seven Cerdic to Ceawlin - The Early Gewisse
157(26)
Chapter Eight The Fall of British Glastenning
183(26)
Chapter Nine Wessex, Mercia and Dumnonia
209(22)
Chapter Ten Conclusions
231(8)
Endnotes 239(8)
Bibliography 247(8)
Index 255
David Cooper OBE is a retired British Army Lieutenant Colonel with 36 years' service. He was initially taught military history and doctrine by the Burnham lecturers at Sandhurst and later gained a Masters degree in Defence and International Affairs. In the latter part of his career David instructed young officers in doctrine and tactics and wrote related publications for the British Army. Due to an abiding interest in the period he began to study the Dark Age Wessex campaigns in detail in 2002, and this book is the result.