Download or read book Certain Discourses Military written by Sir John Smythe and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1964 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most controversial English military work of its time, Smyth's outspoken criticism of the English expedition to the Low countries, his disillusionment with sixteenth-century methods of war, and his concept of the ideal army are at once a celebration of and an indictment of the character of militant England.