Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-629)
I. From peace to war, 1641-1643: London lost -- Preparations for war -- Autumn campaign -- Winter of discontent -- II. The first civil war: 1643-1645: The equipoise of fortune -- The coming of the Scots -- The North and the West -- The reform of the armies -- The end of the cavaliers -- III. Between war and peace, 1645-1647: Presbyterians and Independents -- The King and the Scots