Thursday, December 26, 2013

New military history research: 1972 Mozambique massacre, terrorism, the 1648 Siege of Colchester, WWI novels, Native American wars, the discovery of New Zealand


From Civil Wars, an abstract discussing a study of the Mozambique Wiriyamu Massacre of 1972

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An abstract of a historical study on domestic terrorism from 1985 to 2010 in democracies 

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In postmedieval, an abstract on the 1648 Siege of Colchester and desecration of a family tomb by parliamentarian soldiers

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In First World War Studies, an abstract on a study of German women’s fiction during WWI that addresses loss of loved ones shows an inconsistent approach of how the writers dealt with this issue
 
 Priest tending the wounded in a German hospital train. Picture by Felix Schwormstädt, German painter who created illustrations of the first world war for the German magazine "Illustrierte Zeitung". 

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In Settler Colonial Studies, an abstract on how the wars and conflicts between North American settlers and Native Americans shaped current US ideas about war 

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From the Journal of Archaeological Science, an abstract concerning the discovery of a shipwreck off New Zealand that provides indications of a previously unknown European journey of exploration or trade in the South Pacific area between Tasman’s 1642 voyage and Cook’s 1769 voyage
 Isaack Gilsemans, December 18, 1642 - "A view of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom", a drawing by Abel Tasman's artist on the occasion of a skirmish between the Dutch explorers and Māori people at what is now called Golden Bay, New Zealand. This is the first European impression of Māori people.

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