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"This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of
seven pernicious myths in military history that have been
perpetrated on unsuspecting students, readers, moviegoers, game
players, and politicians. It promotes awareness of how myths are
created by 'the spurious misuse and ignorance of history' and how
misleading ideas about a military problem, as in asymmetric
warfare, can lead to misguided solutions. "Both scholarly and
engaging, this book is an ideal addition to military history and
historical methodology courses. In fact, it could be fruitfully
used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills, including
courses outside the discipline of history. Military history has a
broad appeal to students, and there's something here for everyone.
From the so-called 'Western Way of War' to its sister-myth,
technological determinism, to the 'academic party game' of
once-faddish 'Military Revolutions,' the book shows that while
myths about history may be fun, myth busting is the most fun of
all." -Reina Pennington, Norwich University
The first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from
the seventh to the thirteenth century The history of Jerusalem is
one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked
as often and as savagely. This was no less true in the Middle Ages.
From the Persian sack in 614 through the bloody First Crusade and
beyond, Jerusalem changed hands countless times. But despite these
horrific acts of violence, its story during this period is also one
of interfaith tolerance and accord. In this gripping history, John
D. Hosler explores the great clashes and delicate settlements of
medieval Jerusalem. He examines the city's many sieges and
considers the experiences of its inhabitants of all faiths. The
city's conquerors consistently acknowledged and reinforced the
rights of those religious minorities over which they ruled. Deeply
researched, this account reveals the way in which Jerusalem's past
has been constructed on partial histories-and urges us to reckon
with the city's broader historical contours.
"This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of
seven pernicious myths in military history that have been
perpetrated on unsuspecting students, readers, moviegoers, game
players, and politicians. It promotes awareness of how myths are
created by 'the spurious misuse and ignorance of history' and how
misleading ideas about a military problem, as in asymmetric
warfare, can lead to misguided solutions. "Both scholarly and
engaging, this book is an ideal addition to military history and
historical methodology courses. In fact, it could be fruitfully
used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills, including
courses outside the discipline of history. Military history has a
broad appeal to students, and there's something here for everyone.
From the so-called 'Western Way of War' to its sister-myth,
technological determinism, to the 'academic party game' of
once-faddish 'Military Revolutions,' the book shows that while
myths about history may be fun, myth busting is the most fun of
all." -- Reina Pennington, Norwich University
The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate
its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for
scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare. Medieval
Warfare The articles here offer a wide range of approaches to
medieval warfare. They include traditional studies of strategy (on
Baybars) and the logistics of Edward II's wars, as well as cultural
history (an examination of chivalry in Guy of Warwick) intellectual
history (a broad analysis of strategic theory in the Middle Ages),
and social history (on knightly training in arms). The Hundred
Years War is studied using cutting-edge methodology
(data-drivenanalysis of skirmishes) and by tackling relatively new
areas of inquiry (environmental history). There is also a close
reading of Carolingian documents, which sheds new light on armies
and warfare in the time of Charles the Great. Contributors: Ronald
W. Braasch III, Pierre Galle, Walter Goffart, Carl I. Hammer, John
Hosler, Rabei G. Khamisy, Ilana Krug, Danny Lake-Giguere, Brian
Price.
Essays on aspects of medieval military history, encompassing the
most recent critical approaches. The essays in this volume honour
the career and achievements of Richard Abels, the distinguished
historian of medieval military history; in particular, they aim to
reflect how the "cultural turn" in the field has led to exciting
new developments in scholarship. Ranging from the late eighth
century to the fifteenth, from northern England to the Levant, the
chapters analyze how medieval kings and commanders practiced a
genuine military science, how themeanings of victory and defeat
were constructed by chroniclers and whole societies, how wars were
remembered and propagandized, and how religion and war mixed.
The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military
campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges
of the Middle Ages The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189-1191) was
the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade,
attracting armies from across Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt,
and the Maghreb. Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and
Muslim sources, historian John D. Hosler has written the first
book-length account of this hard-won victory for the Crusaders,
when England's Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus of
France joined forces to defeat the Egyptian Sultan Saladin.
Hosler's lively and engrossing narrative integrates military,
political, and religious themes and developments, offers new
perspectives on the generals, and provides a full analysis of the
tactical, strategic, organizational, and technological aspects on
both sides of the conflict. It is the epic story of a monumental
confrontation that was the centerpiece of a Holy War in which many
thousands fought and died in the name of Christ or Allah.
Ten papers, on campaigns, biographies, military hardware,
fortifications and interpreting medieval records. The second issue
of this new undertaking broadens its geographical and practical
range, widening its focus to draw in the amateur specialist in
addition to military historians: the study of the origins of the
crossbow industry inEngland is a case in point. Other papers
include studies of campaigns (Henry II in Wales and Henry of
Lancaster in France), articles on weaponry and Spanish
fortifications in the Mediterranean, a brief life of the mercenary
Armengol VI of Urgel, and case studies of the interpretation of
chronicles in reconstructing battles and military action. Taken
together, the articles reinforce the centrality of fighting and
warfare in the middle ages, adding valuabledetail to an
understanding of medieval society. Contributors: DAVID S. BACHRACH,
ROBERT J. BURNS, KELLY DEVRIES, JOHN B. GILLINGHAM, JOHN HOSLER,
DONALD KAGAY, BERNARD F. REILLY, CLIFFORD J. ROGERS, THERESA M.
VANN, J.F.VERBRUGGEN.
The 2006 volume of the Haskins Society features another impressive
array of academics addressing the period from Anglo-Saxon to
Angevin. This latest volume of the Haskins Society Journal presents
recent research on the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Viking and
Angevin worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries; topics range
from a major reassessment of King Alfred [the last work finished by
Patrick Wormald] and examinations of William the Conqueror, Thomas
Beckett and Sybil of Jerusalem, to questions of legal testimony,
military organization, western geographic knowledge in the middle
ages, and more. Contributors: WILLIAM M. AIRD, NATHANIEL LANE
TAYLOR, DAVID BATES, JOHN D. HOSLER, ROBERT JONES, HELEN J.
NICHOLSON, BERNARD HAMILTON
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