Welcome to the May 27, 2011 edition of the Military History Carnival. We have a solid collection of pieces this month that start in the ancient world, jump to the American Revolution, and then parade through the 19th and 20th centuries. Come back in three months for the 28th Military History Carnival.
Ancient
Scott Manning presents How the Greeks Commemorated the Sesquicentennial of Xerxes' Invasion posted at Historian on the Warpath.
Judith Weingarten presents The Death of Dura-Europos posted at Zenobia: Empress of the East.
American Revolution
Tim Abbott presents Walking the Berkshires: "I will venture to pronouce them the most Dangerous Enemies America Knows"; Sullivan's Staten Island Raid (Part XVI) posted at Walking the Berkshires, saying, "This is a stand alone post on profiling and scapegoating during an episode of the American Revolution and comes from a 17 part series on Sullivan's Staten Island Raid, August 22, 1777.
American Civil War
Billy Hart presents Abraham Lincoln – Be Dedicated To The Great Task Remaining Before Us posted at Historic Words, saying, "At the time of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln said, “be dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Jonathan Beard presents 'Now Do Not Let Your Courage Fail': Voices from the Civil War at The University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives.
World War I
Joshua Sanborn presents Atrocities in East Prussia, 1914 posted at Russian History Blog.
Joshua Sanborn presents Russians in East Prussia, 1914, pt. 2 posted at Russian History Blog.
World War II
Clara presents World War II is not over yet posted at Delivering data, saying, "Brief insight into the intricacies of war agreements and peace making."
Thematic/Misc
Jonathan Beard presents Memorials at The New Yorker.
AsianMil presents The Army of the Yogyakarta Kraton posted at Go to stage 3.
Jonathan Beard presents a review of Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces 1880-1960 at Reviews in History.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Military History Carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
