MHQ
MILITARY HISTORY QUARTERLY
THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL
OF MILITARY HISTORY
SUMMER 1995
VOLUME 7,
NUMBER 4
The Military History Quarterly is a highly detailed,
extremely well illustrated
and forensic examination of our Military History.
Each Quarterly covers various topics covering military
history
from the various centuries, past to present.
MHQ began its life in the Autumn of 1988, with the release
of
Autumn 1988, Volume 1, Number 1.
The series was then followed in what became a standard
format:
Winter 1989, Volume 1, Number 2
Spring 1989, Volume 1, Number 3
Summer 1989, Volume 1, Number 4
These first four Volumes completed what became the first
year of MHQ.
They were released in a Vividly Illustrated Faux Leather
Hardback, in BLACK.
As the Hardbacks were highly detailed they did not get
released
with dust jackets! On
a library shelf they are something to behold,
with each years issues being released in a different colour
of Hardback.
I have included a photograph (photo #2) of a set of these
books on a
library shelf! You
can clearly see each years editions, as each year
was defined by a different coloured hardback, as seen in the
photograph.
Year Three of the series with the covers in a Deep Maroon
colour.
Year Four of the series with the covers in a Deep Dark Green.
Year Five of the series with the covers in a Dark Bone.
Year Six of the series with the covers in a Deep but Light Blue.
This is the Seventh series of MHQ with the four books of this series hardbacks in a Deep Red.
This is the 4th book (Summer) from 1995.
Some of the key topics covered in this edition are:
THE KNIGHT UNMASKED
"ONE LEARNS FAST IN A FIGHT"
THE CHANNEL DASH
THAT "UNERRING VOLCANIC FIREARM"
IN CAESAR'S SHADOW
THE SOMME
THE REASONS WHY
THE LAST 140 DAYS
THE SUN KING'S "STAR WARS"
DIEN BIEN PHU AND THE OPIUM CONNECTION
and MHQ Essays. This
edition features:
EXPERIENCE OF WAR: Incident at Lang Fang
+
FIGHTING WORDS: Terms from Military History
+
ARMS AND MEN: "Hoist with his own petar"
The cover of this Summer 1995 edition features - In this 15th-century painting
by V. de Beauvais depicting Roland, Charlemagne's legendary warrior,
two distinct scenes occur simultaneously. In the background, the mighty knight
splits an opponent in two, from helmet to saddle. In the foreground, Roland,
mortally wounded, takes his last breath.
(As Matthew Bennet reveals in an article in this Summer 1995 edition of MHQ,
the realities of knighthood were far removed from the romanticized myth
of courtly love and chivalry.)