Lacking Natural Simplicity (Posts about historical warfare)https://tkurtbond.github.io/categories/historical-warfare.atom2024-01-23T18:49:42ZT. Kurt BondNikolaThe Siege of Gondor (at acoup.blog)https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2020/03/06/the-siege-of-gondor-at-acoupblog/2020-03-06T11:13:01-05:002020-03-06T11:13:01-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>There is a very interesting six-part series of articles (<a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/10/collections-the-siege-of-gondor/">I</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/17/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-ii-these-beacons-are-liiiiiiit/">II</a>,
<a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/24/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-iii-having-fun-storming-the-city/">III</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/31/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-iv-the-cavalry-arrives/">IV</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/06/07/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-v-just-flailing-about-flails/">V</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/06/14/collections-the-siege-of-gondor-part-vi-black-sails-and-gleaming-banners/">VI</a>) written by military historian <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/">Bret Devereaux</a> at
<a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/">A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry</a> that analyzes the Siege of
Gondor in the Peter Jackson film and in the Tolkien book, including
logistics, operations, cavalry mechanics, the physics of supernatural
creatures and their weapons, and the role of motivation and cohesion.
As is not surprising, the sequence in the Peter Jackson film makes
compromises with the story to better suit film, while the sequence in
the book is better grounded in the reality of historical battles.</p>
<p>There is also a review of the Gondor Heavy Infantry <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2020/01/10/collections-gondor-heavy-infantry-kit-review/">Kit</a>, which
depends on the discussion of armor in the <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/12/new-acquisitions-lannister-infantry-kit-review/">Lannister</a> Infantry Kit
review.</p>
<p>And, there is a three part series (<a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/07/26/collections-war-elephants-part-i-battle-pachyderms/">1</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/08/02/collections-war-elephants-part-ii-elephants-against-wolves/">2</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/08/09/collections-war-elephants-part-iii-elephant-memories/">3</a>) on War Elephants.</p>
<p>His <a class="reference external" href="https://acoup.blog/2019/05/03/blog-overview-a-collection-of-unmitigated-pedantry/">Blog Overview</a> gives a good description of what he's doing on
his blog and his credentials as a professional military historian.</p>