SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS, TRANSPORT AND PROVISIONS: Early Modern Military Logistics and Supply Systems during the British Civil Wars -- 1638-1653

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Investigates operational level logistics and supply systems, including what methods of supply were used, what decisions and events these systems impacted, and how these related to strategic and tactical outcomes of the wars. Explains the facets of land, coastal, and riverine transportation, the supply of manpower to the armies, and the supply of food, clothing, and shelter to multiple forces across various conflicts throughout the British Civil Wars. Outlines regional disparity in military logistics systems due to reliance on pre-existing civilian structures and methods -- which had not been developed with a military purpose in mind and resulted in substantial logistical and supply differences that consequently, and heavily, favored one faction over another.