Fighting for identity : : Scottish military experience c. 1550-1900 / / edited by Steve Murdoch and Andrew Mackillop.

• Superior document: History of warfare ; Volume 15
• TeilnehmendeR: Murdoch, Steve,; Mackillop, Andrew, 1969-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; Volume 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION ONE SCOTTISH NATIONAL, SUPRA-NATIONAL AND FOREIGN MILITARY IDENTITIES -- 1. James VI and the formation of a Scottish-British Military Identity -- 2. Beating the Odds: Alexander Leslie's 1640 Campaign in England -- 3. Royalist soldiers and Cromwellian allies? The Cranstoun Regiment in Sweden 1656-1658 -- 4. The End of the Scots-Dutch Brigade -- 5. 'Tae see ourselves as ithers see us': Scottish Military Identity from the Covenant to Victoria 1637-1837 -- SECTION TWO FROM GAELIC CLANSMEN TO HIGHLAND SOLDIERS -- 6. 'His spirit was given only to warre': Conflict and Identity in the Scottish Gaidhealtachd c. 1580-c. 1630 -- 7. Crisis of Identity? Clan Chattan's response to government policy in the Scottish Highlands c. 1580-1609 -- 8. For King, Country and Regiment? Motive and Identity in Highland Soldiering 1746-1815 -- 9. Identity in the Highland Regiments in the Nineteenth Century: Soldier, Region, Nation -- SECTION THREE THE CIVILIAN IMPACT ON THE SCOTTISH MILITARY -- 10. Arming and Equipping the Covenanting Armies 1638-1651 -- 11. The press and military conflict in early modern Scotland -- Glossary of Scots and Scottish Gaelic Terms -- Index.