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Warfare at Troynovant:
Battling among the history & concepts of
War, General Weaponry, & Philosophy of War;
listed by Title
Note that many fine war novels & poems, films, or stories which include battles or a wartime setting and the like are not listed here unless the work or the review struggles with general ideas about warfare as a literary genre, the warrior's code in men and women, the nature of war or intercultural conflict, and so on.
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[Warkworth Castle, Northumberland.]
Lady Percy (to Henry Percy, Hotspur):
In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watched,
And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars,
Speak terms of manege to thy bounding steed,
Cry 'Courage! To the field!' And thou hast talked
Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents,
Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets,
Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin,
Of prisoners ransomed, and of soldiers slain,
And all the currents of a heady fight.
William Shakespeare
1 Henry IV, 2.4.41-49
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