Concise Index to Xenophon topics

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Alphabetical index.

Afghanistan - Entry article from the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Alexander the Great Article from the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Alexander the Great - section from a text book on military history at West Point
- Alexander the Great - summary and comments on Arrian's Campaign of Alexander the Great
Allia, Battle of, Roman defeat by Celts that led to traumatic sack of Rome.
American Armor Museums beginning with the two museums at Ft Hood, Texas of the 1st Cavalry Division and formerly of 4th Infantry Division.
American Revolutionary War - extensive web pages, especially on French forces.
Andronikov Monastery in Moscow.
Armory museum in the Moscow Kremlin
Army - the article on this topic from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Arsenal -Tseikhgaus magazine - a few translations of articles.
- Artillery The article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Artillery Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal troops- St Petersburg - text and many photos of exhibits. plus 2005 photos
Austrian Army uniforms 1648 - 1765 - Watercolor paintings by Rudolf Donath in the Xenophon collection
Aviation - U. S. Army Aviation museum, Ft Rucker. USAF museum and Smithsonian Air and Space museum coming soon.
See Russian aviation at Monino (below)
Batchisarai - Tatar capital in Crimea - text and photos.
Beijing - text and photos of the city
- Bukhara - visit in 1964
Bobbitt, Philip - Shield of Achilles - review by John Sloan - Table of contents
Bobbitt, Philip - Terror and Consent - summary and comment on this important book by John Sloan
Boot, Max - Invisible Armies - review by John Sloan
Borodino battle - photos of the battlefield and chronology of entire campaign of 1812.
Borodino 1999 - reenactment, views from the event in 1999.
Bortenovo battle, (22 Dec. 1317), photos of large painting in Tver Museum.
Bospor kingdom in Crimea - article
Bouvines, battle (1214) original essay, being revised now.
Cannae, Battle of - review of new book
Cannae - new essay describing the battle
Cannae - Encyclopedia Britannica article on the battle
Cannae - annotated bibliograpy of some important books on the battle
Cavalry - Encyclopedia Britannica article on the history of cavalry from the 11th Edition
Castilon, battle in 100 Years War - original essay with maps and illustrations.
Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye selo - and new photos of 2005
Charlemagne the article from the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Charles XI - King of Sweden - article from the 11th edition of Encylopedia Britannica
Charles XII - King of Sweden - article from the 11th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Charles XIII - King of Sweden - article from the 11th Edition of Encyclopeda Britannica
Charles XIV - King of Sweden - article from the 11th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Cheboksarai city photos - history is in Volga cruise directory
Chembalo - medieval Genoese fortress at Balaklava, Crimea - text and photos.
Chernigiv - major medieval Rus city and principality - photos, history soon here.
N. Chernishevski - Vantage company chartered river cruise ship
Chersonesus - ancient Greek city site near Sevastopol, Crimea - text and photos.
Chersonesus - Encyclopedia Britannica article.
Chufut-Kale - ancient Byzantine fortress - later Tatar and Kariate center in Crimea - text, maps and photos.
China - devoted to photographs and text account of our excellent Vantage Travel company tour in 2007 -directories are devoted to the various cities and locations we visited in China in 2007
The photos of Beijing including the Forbidden city, Summer Palace, Great Wall, and Temple of heaven.
The photos from the huge People's Revolution Military Museum in Beijing.
The photos from the Chinese Aviation Museum, outside Beijing.
The photos of Xi'an and the nearby Terra Cotta Warrior museum
The photos of Chongquin
The photos of Fengdu - the Ghost City
The photos of Shanghai
The photos of Hangzhou
The photos of Hong Kong
The photos of the Yangtze river cruise
The photos of Guilin
The photos of Yichang
The photos of Wushan and the Three Little Gorges
Claimants to the medieval French throne - geneological diagrams.
Cossacks - article from Gorget and Sash magazine
Crimea - our new location for information about Crimea to which we are moving files and adding new sections.
Crimea - our old main listing page that describes our many sections on Crimea.
Crimea - Encyclopedia Britannica article on history.
Crimean war Encyclopedia Britannica article
Crimean war - Alma battle illustrated guide with many photos taken on the battlefield
Crimean war - Alma Kinglake book - the chapter on the Alma battle.
Crimean war - Balaklava battle - narrative of battle
Crimean war - Balaklava battle - tour and illustrations on battlefield
Cave cities of Crimea
Crimean war - Inkerman battle - narrative of battle
Crimean war - Inkerman battle - description of location with illustrations on battlefield
Crimean war - Panorama museum in Sevastopol to the Heroic Defense of the City
Crimean war - Sevastopol siege in 1854-5, fortifications and description with illustrations
Crimean war - cemetery in Sevastopol - text of remarks by Pavel Lyashuk
Crimean war - Saber - article by Pavel Lyashuk - text
Crimean war - Sevastopol - Encyclopedia Britannica article
Crimean war - Simpson paintings of scenes of the war by famous British artist
Crusades - short original essay on the eight Crusades in Levant, (being revised) more coming on other crusades.
Crusades - another article
Danilov Monastery in Moscow
d'Este, Isabella - original essay on this Italian Renaissance princess and her family.
Desert War the study of Rommel's desert campaigns prepared by a team of German officers under direction of General Major Alfred Toppe for the US Army after WWII. This is a very long file. And there are a supplement, index, bibliography, annexes, and battle study.
Donizlav - ancient Greek city archeological site in Crimea - text and photos
Donskoi Monastery in Moscow
Eski Kerman - medieval cave city in Crimea - text and photos.
Evpatoria - city in Crimea - photos of mosque, Kariate temple, and other locations.
Formigny battle in 100 Years War. Original essay with maps.
Fortifications - central listing of our various web sites on fortifications.

Fort Steuben, Ohio - a reconstructed American frontier fort from 1787
French medieval history - original material and links to French sites.
French expeditionary force in US Revolutionary war - original material.
French Revolutionary War - article from 11th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Future War - General Skugarevski article
- Georgia Military Highway - Soviet Georgia 1964
- Gorget and Sash - table of contents of 12 issues of this available magazine. We are adding text of some articles
Gorodetz - photos of town on Volga - text on city history is with Volga cruise directory.
Granada - Spanish reconquest - original material
Great Northern War - review of excellent book
Great Northern War - book on Peter's navy
Great Northern War - article by Col Tushin
Great Northern war - battle at Kletsk
Great Northern War - bibliography
| Gunpowder weapons - results of research on early gunpowder weapons
Hannibal - encyclopedia Britannica article on the general from the 11th edition
Hannibal - text of the chapter from the course booklet for the Course on History of Military Art and the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1952
Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg - and new photos of 2005
Horatius Macaulay's great epic poem of ancient Rome. We will have Virginia and the Battle of Lake Remulus later.
Hneitir Our new department for miscelaneous medieval history items.
Hundred Years' War - many linked speciality pages
Infantry - Encyclopedia Britannica article on the history of infantry from the 11th Edition
Ivangorod fortress - text and photos
Izborsk fortress - text and photos
Izmailovo Romanov estate in Moscow
Janissaries - article from Gorget and Sash magazine.
Jeanne d'Arc - and related material
Kaffa - ancient Greek Theodosia - medieval Genoese trading base - later - text and photos with more to be added. And also here is the encyclopedia article on Kerch.
Kaffa - Encyclopedia Britannica article on Theodosia
Kalimata - Feodorite (Mangup) principality fortress at Inkerman, Crimea - text and photos
Kalos Liman - ancient Greek city archeological site in Crimea - text and photos
Kaminetz-Podilski - Ukrainian fortress city
Kaplan, Robert D. The Revenge of Geography - review by John Sloan
Kazan Medieval Tatar capital on the middle Volga
Kara Tebe - ancient fortress archeological site in Crimea - text and photos
Khazars - Encyclopedia Britannica article
Khotin fortress on Dniester River
Kiev - photography including several fortifications.
Kiev history Text of a summary history of the city.
Kievan princes - Geneological chart and brief biographies
Kiev - outdoor military museum, exhibits of armor, artillery and several aircraft
Kineshma - photos of town on Volga with text
Kizhi Island outdoor museum - photos from 2005
Kolomenskoye Romanov estate in Moscow
Kopor'ye fortress - text and photos
Korea - a section of photos taken during my tour of duty in Korea in 1956-57.
Kosmodemyansk - photos of town on Volga with text
Kostroma - photos of town on Volga - text with Volga cruise directory
Kubinka - Russian Museum of Armored forces - photos of selected exhibits of world's armor -we have only German and Russian items
Kulikovo battle - Russian victory in 1380 - maps with text to be added soon
Kulikovo battle - bibliography
Kutluk - ancient Bosporian fortress on Crimean shore - archeological site - text and photos
Kutuzov - Russian field marshal - text and illustrations about the special exhibition in the Artillery Museum in St Petersburg.
Lafayette campaign to Yorktown description of this important battle - preliminary, with maps.
- Lukava, Col. G. Categories of the Art of Warfare - Article by Soviet military author
Machiavelli - original essays and encyclopedia article.
Makar'yevo - photos and text about this convent re-established on Volga
Mandrogi - new tourist stop on Svir River
Mangup Kale - mountain site of ancient Byzantine - Gothic - Alan city fortress of Doros - Feodoro in Crimea - archeological site - text, maps and photos - The most fascinating place in Crimea.
- Marathon - Battle - reconstruction
- Marathon - Battle, review of book by Professor Billows
- Marathon - Battle, annotated discussion of a list of references
Mechanical artillery - results of research on medieval mechanical artillery.
Military history links is our listing of favorite links related to the full spectrum of military history.
Mommsen, Theodore - Chapters from History of Rome on the Second Punic war
Monino - Russian aviation museum - photos from visits
Moscow - history of the city, kremlin and surrounding locations.
Moscow Kremlin in 2003 and in 2005
Moscow Kremlin Armory museum - new photos from our visit in 2005
Moscow photography many photos with extensive historical text. and new from 2005
Napoleon biography - article from 11th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Napoleon's campaigns - article from 11th Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Narva fortress now in Estonia - text and photos
Naval museum in St. Petersburg in 2005
Nizhni-Novgorod - history of medieval fortress and modern industrial city with photos at Nizhni.
Novgorod - text and photos of the ancient city state
Novodevichi convent fortress - text and photos
Novo-Spaski Monastery in Moscow
Orel - First issue of a Russian miliary history journal, no longer being published
Orleans - Siege of in 1428-29
Pallada - Photos of our favorite Volga River cruise ship
Panorama museum - Heroic Defense of Sevastopol - text and illustrations.
Pavlovsk Palace - Paul I Palace south of St Petersburg. and new from 2005
Pechora Pskovskoye - monastery fortress - text and photos
Peloponnesian War - original essay
Periaslavl Zaleski city and monasteries - text and fortress
Peter and Paul fortress - text and photos
Peterhof palace in 2003
Peterhof palace in 2005
Petrozavodsk in 2005
Plevna battle in Russo-Turkish war - text and maps
Plyos - Quaint Volga river town
- Poland - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition entry on history of Poland
Poltava battle - review of the excellent book by Peter Englund
Pskov city fortress - text and photos
Punic War - original essay
Punic War - chapters from Mommsen's History of Rome
- Pyatagorsk photos in 1964
Recommended reading in economics and investments
Romano-borisoglebsk - photos and text about this town on the Volga River - Soviet name was Tutayev
Romanov dynasty wax museum exhibition with life-like figures of the Romanov rulers plus Ivan IV, Ivan III, and Boris Gudunov.
Rostov Veliki - historical text and photos
Russian army - Muscovite army organization - an essay by Dr. Dianne Smith
Russian army of Ivan IV. A essay by Dr. Dianne Smith, slightly different from the above. - and its organization
Russian history Review by John Sloan of the book - Ivan the Terrible: A military History by Dr. Alexander Filjushkin
Russian history Review by John Sloan of the book - The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon against Kutuzov by Alexander Mikaberidze
Russian history Review by John Sloan of the book - Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500-1700 by Brian L. Davies
Russian campaigns and battles - listing of articles and graphics
Russian army main page for section on Imperial uniforms.
Russian army of Peter I - Viskovatov Illustrations.
Russian army - translation of sections of the Chernov book - Organization of the Russian armed forces
Russian army - history On The Question of The Military Reforms of Peter the Great - article by Epifanov
Russian army of Alexander I - Viskovatov Illustrations.
Lithographs of the hussar regiments of Alexander I
Russian army of Nicholas I - Viskovatov illustrations.
Russian army of Nicholas II nick2arm Illustrations of uniforms from various old books.
Russian army uniforms of 1840's.
Russian army uniforms of 1910, has all the illustrations of uniforms from the book by Col Shenk of 1910.
Russian Aviation museum at Monono near Moscow
Russian Central Army Museum in Moscow
Russia World War II memorial museum in Moscow
Russian art and architecture main page for a very extensive illustrated text.
Russian history main page with links to related topics.
- Russian -Essay on Russian military history
-Russian - Bibliography on Russian military history
- Essay on Russian military history from 1400 to 1600
- Russian history - chronology between 1604 and 1689
Russian history - chronology from pre-history to 1800, being expanded.
Russian history - Soviet analysis of the Civil War
Russian cities main page with links to related topics.
Russian medieval arms and armor - text and illustrations..
Russian Old Believer Icons - a fine collection of brass castings
Russian Rulers and related princes - full geneology, text and illustrations, being expanded.
We are adding new tables showing the princes according to their generation from Rurik.
There are at least 22 generations to be listed and we are currently working on generation 10. Please go to this link.
Russian wars with neighbors - graphs of warfare by years from 1450 to 1800, being expanded back to 900AD.
Russo-Japanese Warentry from 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica
Russo-Turkish war entry from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
- Samarkand - visit in 1964
Samara - Volga town to which Stalin moved temporary government offices during WWII.
Savva StorozhevoyeMonastery at Zvenigorod.
Sawyer, Ralph D. Ancient Chinese Warfare - review by John Sloan
Scipio Africanus - original essay.
Scythian cemetery near Alma River in Crimea - photos.
Scythian people - article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Scythian people -article
Simbirsk - text and photos of Volga town renamed back from Ulyanov.
Simpson paintings of Crimean War
Smolensk - history text and photographs of the medieval fortress city
Soviet Military authors - short identifications of major writers
St Petersburg - photos and history
St. Petersburg - more photos from 2005
Stein, Aurel - main page - Index to the articles, books, maps, chronologies and reports on his explorations in Central Asia.
Stein, Aurel - Ancient Khotan
Stein, Aurel, Ancient Khotan - photos
Stein, Aurel - Sand Buried Ruins of Khotan
Stein, Aurel, Sand Buried Ruins of Khotan - photos
Stein, Aurel, Innermostasia, photos
Stein, Aurel - Innermostasia report -contents of
Stein, Aurel, Innermostasia vol I
Stein, Aurel, Innermostasia vol II
Stein, Aurel - Innermostasia - list of maps
Stein, Aurel - Ruins of Desert Cathay - table of contents
Stein, Aurel, Ruins of Desert Cathay - photos
Stein, Aurel - Serindia photos
Stein, Aurel - Serindia report - another version
Stein, Aurel - Serindia list of maps
Stein, Aurel - On Ancient Central Asian Tracks: Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-western China
Stein, Aurel On Ancient Central Asian Tracks; - photos
Streltzi - article from Gorget and Sash magazine
Sudak - medieval Genoese fortress on site of earlier Alan - Khazar city Sugdai - Surozh - extensive text and photos.
Suvorov - Russian field marshal - photo, several maps, short biography with more text to be added.
- Suvorov - text of his famous booklet - Nauka Pobezhdat - Science of Victory
Suvorov museum in St. Petersburg - few photos
Suzdal - text and photos of the medieval town
Thirty Years' War - article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
TM-30-430 - table of contents for US army manual on Soviet Army in 1945, available on microfiche and now on CDROM in PDF format.
- Tour 1964 - some photos made during a tour in 1964 through Russia, Georgia and Uzbekistan
Tour - cruise on Russian rivers and lakes in 2005
Trinity St Sergius fortress monastery - text and photos
Tula - text and photos of this southern frontier fortress city for defense of Moscow from Tatars.
Tver - medieval rival of Moscow on Volga River northwest of Moscow
Uglich, text and photos of this medieval town on the Volga
Uglich photos from 2005
Ukraine - new central listing of Ukrainian cities and fortresses.
Urbino - original essay by John Sloan about the three famous Montefeltro condotierre dukes
U.S. Army military museums, including Fts. Monroe-Story, Ft McHenry, Ft Rucker,, 1st Cavalry Division, Woman's Army museum, Quartermaster museum at Ft Lee, Ft Hood, Ft Lewis, Fort Campbell, Ft Eustis, Ft Stuben. Aberdeen (old museum) and West Point.
Set of plates of U. S. Army historical uniform - Ogden set
U. S. Army World War II Board reports - Artillery and Armored subjects
U. S. ArmyList of Miscellaneous Records of the Adjutant General's Office Relating to World War II
U. S. Army LIST of the European Theater of Operations COMBAT INTERVIEWS - 1944-45
U. S. Army Tank Destroyers in Combat in Tunisia - 1944
U. S. Army Board Artillery Board Report - 59
U. S. Army Abreviations for Artillery Terms-
U. S. Army Board after World War II Artillery Board Report - 60 - Tank Destroyers
U. S. Army Board Report after World War II Artillery Board Report - 61
U. S. Army Board Report after World War II Artillery Board Report - 67
U. S. Army General Board Report on Armored Division - 48
U. S. Army General Board Report 52 - Armored Special Equipment - 52
U. S. Army General Board Report 51 - Armored Group - 51
U. S. Army - Tank Board Report
U. S. Army World War II General Board Report 50 - Separate Tank Battalions - 50
- National museum of the U. S. Marine Corps
Volga river cruise is a lengthy description of all the villages and cities along the Volga to Samara from our cruises in 1998, 2003 and 2005.
-Virginia armor museum - photographs of open house now here VAarmor.
Vladimir - text and photos of this fortress city founded in 1108 - later capital of Grand Prince
Volga River is the page listing views of towns and places along the river.
Volga River views - access to photography.
Volga and northern lake scenes in 2005
Vyborg - remains of Swedish castle - also views of Mannerheim line.
War - 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica article on the history of war and on the Laws of War circa 1910.
Yaroslavl - text and photos of Volga river city - historical description with Volga cruise.
- Yalta - a few photos from 1964
Yaroslavl more photos from 2005 tour
Xenophon - Greek historian, article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
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