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If you have any suggestions for books to review, or wish to
review one yourself, please contact our book reviews editor,
Steven Walton at Penn State, at saw23@psu.edu.
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publishers]
The book reviews editor would like to express thanks to Penn
State's STS
Program for onging support for the review process.
New DRM Reviews
(titles without links means the review is in formatting
and will appear shortly)
-
 D. Nicolle, J. Haldon, and S. Turnbull, The
Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest
of Byzantium(Osprey, 2007),
256pp. -- Reviewed by John Miglletta. 
- David Nicolle, Fighting
for the Faith: The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad
1000-1500AD (Pen & Sword,
2007), xvi+237pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
- D.J.B.Trim
and M.C.Fissel (eds.), Amphibious
Warfare 1000-1700 (Brill, 2005)
ISBN: 9004132449 €135$182 -- Reviewed by Jose
Manuel Rodriguez.
- Christopher Gravett, The
Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277-1307,
Fortress 64 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed
by Victora Bandt.
- Paul E.J. Hammer (ed.), Warfare
in Early Modern Europe 1450-1660, International
Library of Essays on Military History (Ashgate, 2007),
508pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
- James Miller, Swords
for Hire: The Scottish Mercenary (Birlinn,
2007), xxv+292pp. -- Reviewed by Brian
Ditcham.
- Douglas
Biggs, Three Armies in Britain:
The Irish Campaign of Richard II and the Usurpation of Henry
IV, 1397-99, History of Warfare 39 (Brill,
2006), xvi+300 pp -- Reviewed by Compton Reeves.
- Frank
D. Reno, The Historic King
Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of Post-Roman Britain (1996;
McFarland 2003), 458pp -- Rreviewed by Ilana Krug.
- Timothy
May, The Mongol Art of
War (Pen & Sword, 2007), xiii+214pp.
-- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Carol
Sweetenham (tr.), Robert
the Monk's History of the First Crusade, Historia Iherosolimitana,
Crusade Texts in Translation (Ashgate, 2006), x+243pp --
Reviewed by John Hosler.
- David
Lindholm and David Nicolle, The
Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500,
illustrated by Angus McBride (Osprey, 2007), 48pp -- Reviewed
by Dana Cushing.
- Benton
Rain Patterson, Harold
and William: The Battle for England, A.D. 1064-1066 (Cooper
Square Publishers, 2001), 209pp. -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
Recent DRM Reviews
- Malte
Prietzel, Krieg
in Mittelalter (Primus Verlag, 2006), 208pp
+ 90 color pictures and maps. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
- Agnès
Blandeau, Pasolini,
Chaucer and Boccacio: Two medieval texts and their translations
to film (McFarland, 2006), viii+210 pp
-- Reviewed by Victoria Bandt.
- D.S.
Richards, The
Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil
fi'l-Ta'rikh, part 1, the years 491-541/1097-1146:
The Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response, (Ashgate,
2006), 408pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Art
of War, trans. Christopher Lynch (University
of Chicago Press, 2003), 312pp. -- Reviewed by L.J. Andrew
Villalon.
- Angus Konstam with Peter Bull (illus.), The
Forts of Celtic Britain, Fortress 50
(Osprey 2006) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- David Nicolle, Crusader
Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571,
Fortress 59 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Sergio
Mantovani.
- Helen Nicholson, Knight
Templar, 1120-1312, Warrior 91 (Osprey,
2004). 64pp -- Reviewed by J.M.B. Porter.
- Ian Howard, Swein
Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England,
991-1017 (Boydell, 2003), 203pp. -- Reviewed
by Cason Snow.
- H.A. Drake, Violence
in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices (Ashgate,2006),
xxi+395pp. -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
- John France (ed.), Medieval
Warfare 1000-1300, International
Library of Essays on Military History series (Ashgate,
2006) -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
- Geoffrey Hindley, Saladin:
Hero of Islam (1976; rpt.
Pen & Sword, 2007), 209pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
Upcoming DRM Reviews [unreviewed]
- David Clark, Barnet
- 1471 (Pen & Sword, 2007), 125pp
-- to be reviewed by Compton Reeves.
- David Murphy, Condottiere
1300-1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries ,
Warrior 115 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by
J. Andrew Villalon.
- John D. Hosler, Henry
II: A Medieval Soldier at War, 1147-1189 (Ashgate
2007), 275pp. - to be reviewed by Emir Filipovic.
- D.S. Richards (trans.), The
Chronicle
of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil
fi'l-Ta'rikh, part 2, the years 541-589/1146-1193: The
Age of Nur al-Din and Saladin (Ashgate,
2007), 450pp. -- to be reviewed by Don Kagay.
- Keith Durham, Strongholds of the Border
Reivers: Fortifications of the Anglo-Scottish Border 1296-1603 (Osprey,
2008), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by Steven A. Walton.
DRM Books Available for Review
Links here are to the publisher's website for the book, if available.
- Stephen Turnbull, Crusader
Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2), Fortress
19 (Osprey, 2004), 64pp.
- Richard Brzezinski, Polish
Winged Hussar 1576-1775, Warrior 94
(Osprey, 2006), 64pp.
- John F. Moffitt, The
Enthroned Corpse of Charlemagne: the Lord-in-Majesty
Theme in Early Medieval Art and Life (McFarland,
2006), 239pp.
- Konstantin S. Nossov, Medieval
Russian Fortresses AD862-1480, Fortress
61 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp.
- Timothy Dawson, Byzantine
Infantryman: Eastern Roman Empire c.900-1204,
Warrior 118 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp.
- Brenda J. Buchanan (ed.), Gunpowder,
Explosives, and the State: A Technological History (Ashgate,
2006), xxiii+425pp.
- Peter and Jackson (trans.), The
Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254: Sources and Documents (Ashgate,
2007), 276pp.
- David Nicolle, Teutonic
Knight: 1190-1561 , Warrior 124 (Osprey,
2007), 64pp.
- Karl Borchardt, Helen Nicholson, and Nikolas Jaspert
(eds.), The
Hospitallers, the Mediterranean and Europe: Festschrift for
Anthony Luttrell (Ashgate, 2007), 340 pp.
- Clifford J. Rogers, Soldiers'
Lives through History (Greenwood Press,
2007), xxxii+298pp.
- Iris Shagrir, Ronnie Ellenblum and Jonathan Riley-Smith
(eds.), In
Laudem Hierosolymitani: Studies in Crusades and Medieval
Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar (Ashgate,
2007), 492pp.
- W. Sarnecki and D. Nicolle, Medieval
Polish Armies 966-1500, Men-at-Arms
445 (Osprey, 2008), 48pp.
- Simon Millar, Vienna
1683: Christian Europe repels the Ottomans, Campaign
191 (Osprey, 2008), 96pp.
- Christopher Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior
of England 1200-1600 (Osprey, 2008), 288pp.
- John France and Kelly
DeVries (eds.), Warfare
in the Dark Ages, International Library of Essays on Military
History (Ashgate 2008), 510pp.
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Information for Publishers
If you have books that you would like reviewed
by De Re Militari, please contact the book review editor at:
Steven Walton, DRM book review editor
Program in Science, Technology, & Society
Penn State University
202 Old Botany
University Park, PA 16802.
<saw23@psu.edu> phone:
814.863.8526 fax: 814.865.3047
We welcome books on all aspects of military history
and science from late Roman to Early Modern (c.400-1648).
Unsolicited review copies are most welcome, but
we cannot guarantee that all we receive will generate a review,
although we certainly do try to review all books that come in.
If you would like to send a list of books available for
review, we will endeavor to find a reviewer and then contact
you to send the book directly. If you have questions, please
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