In The Trojan war as Military History, the author's starting point
is the fact that the Iliad, notwithstanding the
fantastical/mythological elements (the involvement of gods and
demigods), is the earliest detailed description of warfare we have.
Stripping away the myths, Manousos Kambouris analyses the epic and
combines it with other textual and archaeological evidence to
produce a coherent narrative of the conflict and of Bronze Age
warfare in the Aegean. The author presents the most detailed
analysis possible of Mycenaean Greek armies - their composition and
organization, the warriors' weapons, armour and tactics, and those
of their enemies. He finds sophisticated combined-arms forces
blending massed infantry with missile troops and chariots,
employing open battle, deception and special operations in what
amounted to total war. The author's detailed examination of the
mechanics of Bronze Age combat is enriched by his use of insights
from experimental archaeology using replica equipment. No less
illuminating or significant than the minutiae of heroic duels is
the setting of the strategic context of the conflict and the
geopolitical relationship of the Mycenaean Greeks with their rivals
across the Aegean. Seeking to integrate the supernatural/divine
element of the Iliad within the power structure and struggle of the
day, the author lashes the Trojan War to the chariot of rationality
and drags it from the mists of mythology and into the realm of
History.
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