This volume covers Edward I''s Welsh wars, Ba nnockburn, the Hundred Years War, the rise of the Swiss, the Hussite Wars and the War of the Roses. Particular importanc e is accorded to the early use of gunpowder and the effect i t had on tactics. '

In this account of sixteenth-century warfare, the author traced the dramatic, far-reaching changes in military strategy, tactics and organization of the period.'

Sir Charles Oman's monumental study is unquestionably the most complete and readable account of the Peninsular War ever written; it is also breathtaking in its scope and detail. The seven volumes chart the course of the war, from its opening shots In 1807, to the final expulsion of the French from Spain and invasion of France in 1814.