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The first Crusade: Military leadership entails the management of violence
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillAmong the books I’ve been reading with regard to military history is Armies of heaven: The first Crusade and the quest for apocalypse (2011). Jay Rubenstein does a commendable job of citing sources in such a way that the story is driven forward at a steady pace, covering vast amounts of ground while maintaining the […]
Ron Williamson shares an overview of early North American warfare in “The House of Cut-Off Heads”
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillRecently I read Chapter 8 of a book entitled The taking and displaying of human body parts by Amerindians (2007). Beautifully written and informative, the chapter is by the Canadian archaeologist Ron Williamson. The full title of the chapter is: “Otintsiskiaj ondaon” (“The House of Cut-Off Heads”): The history and archaeology of Northern Iroquoian trophy […]
The American Revolution, the First Nations, and Colonel Samuel Smith
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillMy interest in military history arises from my current documentary project in Long Branch where I live. One of the personalities associated with Long Branch is Colonel Samuel Smith who faught in the Wars of the American Revolution. Not much is known about Colonel Smith. He’s perhaps best known for deprecations directed his way by the Scottish author and reformer Robert Gourlay after a visit to Smith’s log cabin east […]