Without doubt, Chandler presents a carefully-crafted portrait of the British general, his contemporaries, and his troops, as well as a detailed chronicle of the many military campaigns against the French that took him - in the years, 1702 to 1712 - from the Low Countries to the Danube. It is that, certainly but it is also part biography, part period history, and part dissertation on the military customs and theories of Marlborough’s day. “Marlborough as Military Commander,” by David Chandler, is, in spite of its title, a bit more than a detailed study of the many military campaigns of John Churchill, the First Duke of Marlborough. “ He never fought a battle he did not win, nor besieged a town he did not take.” Attributed to Captain Robert Parker “ Marlborough as Military Commander," by David G.
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