Richard A. Gabriel

Richard A. Gabriel is a published historian and author.^[1]

He is a professor in the Department of History and War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.^[2]

He was a professor of history and politics at the U.S. Army War College and held the Visiting Chair in Military Ethics at the Marine Corps University.

As a populariser of history, he is the author of more than 40 books including Scipio Africanus: Rome’s Greatest General, Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome’s Greatest Enemy,^[3] The Great Armies of Antiquity,^[4] Man and Wound in the Ancient World^[5] and Military Incompetence.^[6]

He has also been featured on the History Channel.

Works

• God's Generals (2016)
• The Madness of Alexander the Great: And the Myth of Military Genius (2015)
• Between Flesh and Steel: A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan (2013)
• Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome's Greatest Enemy (2011)
• Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople (2011)
• Philip II of Macedonia: Greater than Alexander (2010)
• Thutmose III: The Military Biography of Egypt's Greatest Warrior King (2009)
• Scipio Africanus: Rome’s Greatest General (2007)
• Muhammad: Islam’s First Great General (2007)
• Soldiers: Military Life in Antiquity (2006)
• Jesus the Egyptian:The Origins of Christianity and the Psychology of Christ(2005)
• Ancient Empires at War, 3 vols. (2005)
• Subotai the Valiant: Genghis Khan’s Greatest General (2004)
• Lion of the Sun (2003)
• The Military History of Ancient Israel (2003)
• Great Armies of Antiquity (2002)
• Sebastian’s Cross (2002)
• Gods of our Fathers:The Memory of Egypt in Judaism and Christianity(2001)
• Warrior Pharaoh (2001)
• Great Captains of Antiquity (2000)
• Great Battles of Antiquity (1994)
• A Short History of War: Evolution of Warfare and Weapons (1994)
• History of Military Medicine:Ancient Times to the Middle Ages (1992)
• History of Military Medicine: Renaissance to the Present (1992)
• From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies (1991)
• The Culture of War: Invention and Early Development (1990)
• The Painful Field: Psychiatric Dimensions of Modern War (1988)
• No More Heroes: Madness and Psychiatry in War (1987)
• The Last Centurion (French, 1987)
• Military Psychiatry:A Comparative Perspective (1986)
• Soviet Military Psychiatry (1986)
• Military Incompetence: Why the US Military Doesn’t Win (1985)
• Operation Peace for Galilee: The Israeli-PLO War in Lebanon (1985)
• The Antagonists:An Assessment of the Soviet and American Soldier (1984)
• The Mind of the Soviet Fighting Man (1984)
• Fighting Armies: NATO and the Warsaw Pact (1983)
• Fighting Armies:Antagonists of the Middle East (1983)
• Fighting Armies:Armies of the Third World (1983)
• To Serve With Honor:A Treatise on Military Ethics (1982)
• The New Red Legions:An Attitudinal Portrait of the Soviet Soldier (1980)
• The New Red Legions:A Survey Data Sourcebook (1980)
• Managers and Gladiators: Directions of Change in the Army (1978)
• Crisis in Command: Mismanagement in the Army (1978)
• Ethnic Groups in America (1978)
• Program Evaluation:A Social Science Approach (1978)
• The Ethnic Factor in the Urban Polity (1973)

References

1. "Richard A. Gabriel | Authors | Macmillan". us.macmillan.com. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
2. "Richard A. Gabriel | New York journal of books". nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
3. Fronda, Michael P. (Spring 2013). "Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome's Greatest Enemy. By Richard A. Gabriel. (book review)". The Historian 75 (1): 197–198. doi:10.1111/hisn.12004_59.
4. Sheldon, R. M. (Jun 2004). "The Great Armies of Antiquity by Richard A. Gabriel (review)". The International History Review 26 (2): 353–356.
5. Olle, David (November 30, 2011). "Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople (review)". New York Journal of Books.
6. Simon, J Kirby (April 1986). "Military Incompetence, by Richard A. Gabriel (review)". Commentary.

External links

• "Richard A. Gabriel (Author of Scipio Africanus)". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
• https://potomac.presswarehouse.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=13197
• Gabriel, R.A. (2007). The Ancient World. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313333484. Retrieved 2015-11-15.