SOLDIERS AND ARMIES

by Ernest E. Tucker ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1965

In the part-fact, part personalized fact-through-fiction style that has characterized this author's The Story of Fighting Ships, The Story of Knights, he follows the changing conditions of soldiers in armies through the ages. It is a good attempt at both the description of the situation of a Greek warrior, for instance, and what it felt like to be in a charge with his weapons, how it felt to be in an army surrounded by civilians, and how hand-to-hand combat has always flowed into a total, team work strategy. This is close to Treece and Oakeshott's recent and excellent Fighting Men (p. 832, J-286) which selected a particular kind of solider peculiar to each age (charioteer, pikeman, etc.) and described his fighting methods.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1965

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1965

Categories: NONFICTION