New Book - Transcultural Wars from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century

Transcultural Wars from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century, ed. Hans-Henning Kortum (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2006)

War is a predominant theme as well in medieval as in modern historical research. Whereas both disciplines tend to dwell on this topic separately this volume aims at crossing the artificial line of division between medieval and modern wars. War is regarded as a historical phenomenon that's continuities prevail over any time-specific alternations.A special kind of war is the one waged between or on the line of different cultures. Such transcultural wars are a widespread phenomenon in our days, but have been on the agenda throughout history. Different examples and aspects of transcultural wars are discussed in this volume. All papers were presented and discussed at a international conference held in Regensburg in March 2004 where war-specialists of the Middle Ages and the Modern Period came together.With regard to the category of "transcultural" wars the question has been raised what medieval and modern wars have in common and whether the so called "New Wars" are that new at all. On top of that it has been examined what characteristics can be ascribed to transcultural wars, what makes these wars special and how they can best be classified.

Henning Kortüm: Clash of Typologies - The Naming of Wars and the Invention of Typologies
Stephen Morillo: A General Typology of Transcultural Wars - The Early Middle Ages and Beyond
Michael Prestwich: Transcultural Warfare - The Later Middle Ages
Bernhard R. Kroener: Antichrist, Archenemy, Disturber of the Peace. Forms and Means of Violent Conflict in the Early Modern Ages
Hew Strachan: A General Typology of Transcultural Wars - The Modern Ages
Matthew Strickland: Rules of War or War without Rules? - Some Reflections on Conduct and the Treatment of Non-Combatants in Medieval Transcultural Wars
Martin van Crefeld: A Tale of Two Wars
Corinne Saunders: Sexual Violence in Wars - The Middle AgesBirgit Beck-Heppner: Gender Specific Crimes in Wars of the Modern Age
Hannes Möhring: The Christian Concept of the Muslim Enemy during the Crusades
Michael Hochgeschwender: Enemy Images in the American Civil War - A Case Study on Their Function in a Modern Society
Andrew Ayton: From Muhi to Mohács - Armies and Combatants in Later Medieval European Transcultural Wars
Daniel Hohrath: Soldiers and Mercenaries; Protagonists of Transcultural Wars in the Modern Ages