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The purpose of this study is to showcase the Battle of Dorylaeum, fought between the invading Frankish forces of the First Crusade and the defending Turkic-Syrian armies of the late eleventh-century in Anatolia, as a unique case study to explore the maladapted nature of the opposing factions' modes of warfare. While the Frankish armies naturally favoured western tactics such as heavy cavalry charges and thus developed their entire marching and fighting system to protect the knightly core of their forces, their Turkic-Syrian opponents entered the battlefield in a rapid and erratic way which had led to their dominance in oriental warfare for decades prior. Upon a survey of the tactics used by both Frankish and Turkic-Syrian, based solely on the information evident through the relevant primary sources of the Battle of Dorylaeum, a twofold proof becomes apparent. Firstly, the maladapted nature of the two forces becomes incredibly apparent, stemming from the pitting of the heavily armed Frankish forces and the nomadic way of warfare utilized by their Turkic-Syrian opponents. Secondly, Dorylaeum comes to the forefront as the battle most representative of this maladapted nature; while the First Crusade is largely composed of sieges with remarkably few field battles, Dorylaeum is the first instance of both factions wielding their respective modes of warfare in a way which decided the fate of the following years of the First Crusade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article will assess the role of Canada's Merchant Navy during the Second World War and appraise shifting government attitudes towards the civilian mariners in veterans' legislation in the postwar period. By examining the factors that contributed to the civilian mariners' initial exclusion as veterans, this study sheds light on the complex process whereby the state evaluates and then reassesses what is owed to those who serve. The redress campaign to achieve veteranhood from the early 1980s provides new insight into how these veterans marshalled resources and mobilized their own personal wartime histories as part of a broader movement in that decade of re-engaging with the Second World War. As part of their efforts, the mariners first had to engage with other veterans and win them over as allies. In their struggle with the state, the mariners asserted that the risk they faced, the casualties they suffered, and the wartime government's management of the fleet, meant that Ottawa had greater responsibilities in regard to their postwar care and that they had earned veteran status. This is the first sustained study of the redress campaign that ran for almost twenty years, from the early 1980s to 2000. It demonstrates that the concept of "veteranhood" is fluid, and that once neglected wartime narratives can be reincorporated into the nation's military legacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

War, archaeology, and battlefields. The sites of Cepeda (1859) and La Verde (1874), province of Buenos Aires, Argentina War, a ubiquitous activity in the history of human societies, is a practice whose study has been limited in the realm of the social sciences until recently. In this paper a brief theoretical introduction to the anthropological-archaeological approach for the analysis of this phenomenon is presented using two case studies within historical archaeology: the battles of Cepeda (1859) and La Verde (1874), province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Research carried out in this type of sites is of special interest for the analysis of the materiality and spatiality of warfare, tactics and strategies implemented by different actors, as well as the current conflicts arising from the commemoration and memorialization of battles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article our aim is to describe the development of the armed conflict in the State of Bolivar and its participation in the 1859-1862 national war in the Grenadine Confederation. To that end, we studied the partisan armed groups, their organizational structure, their war strategy, the geography of the war, and the results of the Civil War. By means of this article, we intend to establish the relationship between the armed conflict, the formation of the Colombian State and the articulation of the local and regional elites in the consolidation of national power groups through the partisan control of the military forces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 1919 and 1939 the power struggles between the great powers suggest the heteronomous condition of Colombia regarding external pressures. Certainly Germany had gained influence in Latin America, which represents a challenge for Britain, France and the United States and Latin America became a desired space for the projection of hegemony. Colombia was not exempt from this dynamic and well, although Colombian leaders bowed to pressure from the United States for privileges for their investments, also opened the country unreservedly diverse influences of other powers , Germany was able to develop this opportunity . Militarily, Colombia sought to circumvent the hiring external pressures Chilean missions, Swiss, French and British and individually German instructors. But Chilean influence in Colombia was considered as an extension of German in Latin America. The Swiss influence was also affected by the germanofilia of its delegates, without affecting their motivation to sell weapons to Colombia. Exceptionally the conflict with Peru Leticia Colombia allowed over something his military morass, but prioritizing the imposition of the great powers had to acquire weapons desueto. Under German influence Colombia developed its civil and military aviation, some industries and commerce until the British and American governments imposed remove such influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article Terry Copp looks back on a fifty-year career as a historian and teacher. He uncovers his roots as a young scholar and professor in Montreal during the height of the Quiet Revolution, recounts the joys and challenges of teaching at both the high school and university levels, and explains how his approach to history has allowed him to traverse disciplinary boundaries over the course of his career. In doing so, Copp also elaborates on what compelled him to move from labour history to military history. As he explains, academic opportunities, the peer review process, and his own approach to history all affected this career transition. His approach to teaching and writing history, however, remained the same. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cet ensemble de recensions analyse et commente des publications récentes sur guerres en Afrique, notamment celles qu'on pourrait désigner de "faible ou moyenne intensité". Les aires géographiques concernées sont celles de la colonisation anglaise, portugaise et espagnole en Afrique (avec une exception, celle de l'Inde portugaise) et aussi les opérations militaires sud-africaines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]