So, I'm normally quite a fan of @TheCrashCourse videos, but I feel I have to object to the most recent (https://youtu.be/rlx6ur_D51s ): "in military history we tend to focus on the generals and the weaponry...we also need to look at the experience of soldiers and civilians." 1/7
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But that's just not where the field is. Even pop-mil-hist since 1950 (and esp. since 1976) has leaned heavily into questions about the common soldiers and their experience. That trend is much more pronounced in the scholarship. Lots of social/org. mil-hist going on 4/7
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For myself, I'm someone who is trying to use weapons as a window into the experience of common soldiers, because in the ancient world, the weapons of the common soldiers are some of the only evidence we have for them. 5/7
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I don't know if the folks at
@TheCrashCourse consulted any actual military historians on those lines...but it sure doesn't seem like it. I suspect they'd find more of value if they engaged with what the discipline is now, rather than what they imagine it to have been. 6/7Näytä tämä ketju -
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@TheCrashCourse , if you want to check with a military historian before you make any other sweeping generalizations about the field...you know where to find me - I love the show, my door's always open. end/7Näytä tämä ketju
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