The Scottish Soldier Abroad (Hardcover)

This collection of twelve essays presents historical approaches to the lives of the variety of Scots who fought overseas from the 13th to the 20th century. Topics include: Scots in medieval Ireland; the Scots fighting as part of the "Auld Alliance" with France in the 15th and 16th centuries; Scots active in warfare in early modern Russia; a shrewd colonial governor in early 18th-century America; Scottish military experiences in India; soldiers in romantic fiction, especially Scott's Quentin Durward; the camp and barrack-room life of Scottish regiments in the 19th century; Scots in the Spanish Civil War; and Scottish soldiers as part of the final decades of the British Empire. While set against a military background, these studies also aim to investigate the social contexts in which Scottish soldiers functioned in many lands during a period of seven centuries. This volume is the second in a new series, the Mackie Monographs, based on the Mackie Symposia held in the University of Aberdeen, which have as their theme the historical study of Scotland's overseas links. Contents: Grant G. Simpson, Introduction; James Lyndon, the Scottish Soldier in Medieval Irelandothe Bruce Invasion and the Galloglass; Philippe Contamine, Scottish Solders in France in the Second Half of the Fifteenth CenturyoMercenaries, Immigrants or Frenchmen in the Making?; Elizabeth Bonner, Continuing the "Auld Alliance" in the Sixteenth Centuryocots in France and French in Scotland; Paul Dukes, the First Scottish Soldiers in Russia; D.G. Pedosov, the First Russian Bruces; Bruce P. Lenman, "Garrison Government?"; Governor Alexander Spotswood and Empire; Ian Morrison, Survival SkillsoAn Enterprising Highlander in the Low Countries with Marlborough; Victor Keirnan, Scottish Soldiers and the Conquest of India; David Hewitt, Soldiers in Hamilton's "The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton"; Diana M. Henderson, the Scottish Soldierothe Sociology of Acclimatization; Ian MacDougal, Scots in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-9; Sir John Ba