Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part V: Just Flailing About Flails
This is the fifth part of a six part series taking a military historian's look at the Siege of Gondor in Peter Jackson's adaptation of Return of the King. Parts I, II, III and IV can be found here,...
View ArticleCollections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part VI: Spartan Battle
This week, the part you have all been waiting for - we're going to look at how the Spartans fought. This is part six of our series (previous parts I, II, III, IV, V, VII) looking at Sparta and its...
View ArticleCollections: The Universal Warrior, Part IIb: A Soldier’s Lot
This is the continuation of the second part of a three part (I, IIa, III) discussion of the notion that there is a 'universal warrior' - a transcendent sameness about either the experience of war or...
View ArticleFireside Friday, October 28, 2022 (The Book Project)
Fireside today to close out the week; if you missed the main post for this week - a review and discussion of Victoria III - because it appeared earlier you can head back to read it. This is going to be...
View ArticleCollections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we're going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I've framed this around 'shield walls,' not every kind of...
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