>> When teaching history in Boston, do your history books take the
>>side of the English or the Irish?
>
>Surely a decent history book doesn't take sides at all?
That's the ideal, rarely if ever achieved. KoS is written as a history book and we know how accurate and unbiased that is. Far too often a good history book is one which reinforces the prejudicies of the academic and political establishment.
The only way I've found to get a reasonably unbiased view of a historical event is to read all the sides and then use my judgement to reconcile them. They are usually all wrong in significant ways.
I'm reminded of the tale I heard about the professor who placed a copy of KoS in the history section of the university library. It remained there for some time until a graduate student proposed doing his thesis on the Kingdom of Sartar.
>> Since they are the heaviest infantry available, you would put them
>>in places where they need to out-muscle the opponent head to head.
>
>I'm a little surprised that that's what you want for street fighting,
>but that's not something I know much about. Definitely sword rather
>than spear, there, though.
Or more likely a cudgel. The big shield is useful though.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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