SLINGSHOT INDEX INTRODUCTION This index is based on the Slingshot Index 1965-1995 compiled by Philip Sabin and Derek Whittenbury. This has been updated to include all articles from 1996-2007 by Richard Jeffrey-Cook. It is arranged by Subjects and gives full page references to indicate the length of articles. It gives details of authors and titles, and so offers a clearer sense of the content of individual contributions. Indexing Slingshot is a subjective process. Individual contributions often range over multiple subjects in history and wargaming, making them very hard to classify under a single heading. Debates and ideas bounce back and forth from issue to issue, rather than being neatly summarised in a single specific piece. Some letters or reviews may be longer and more detailed than some formal articles, while even short notes may contain invaluable corrections or other nuggets of information. Some material becomes dated and irrelevant almost immediately, while other material (even from the earliest issues) has a timeless value and significance. In the face of these problems, the following Index eschews firm rules and embodies some highly subjective judgements in order to make the material more traceable. The basic principle is a two-tier approach, including all pieces of around one page or more. From issue 153, a second layer of detail is added, including shorter and more ephemeral pieces. The index is organised on regional, chronological and thematic rather than alphabetic lines. It is organised in ten sections that move broadly from historical through to wargaming topics, though many pieces include an element of both. The first section covers various ‘General Historical Topics’, such as campaign dynamics and ancient historiography. After this comes ‘Battles and Wars’, in which contributions relating to particular such contests (including refights) are listed chronologically. Other contributions that relate specifically to one particular people or group of peoples (whether in terms of history or wargaming) are them listed under four broad headings, relating somewhat arbitrarily to ‘Middle Eastern’, ‘Mediterranean’ and ‘European’ peoples and to ‘Asia, Africa and America’. The Index then moves to more general wargaming topics, with a long section on the various aspects of ‘Figure Gaming’, followed by a shorter one on ‘Other Types of Simulation’ (including wargames campaigns). Finally, the section on ‘Other Recent Articles’ covers material such as competition reports and discussions about the Society itself. The index covers every issue of Slingshot from 1 to 255 (November 2007), with extra detail on issues 153 onwards. It lists all issues and pages by their correct number, notwithstanding mistaken numbering or missing pagination in certain issues themselves (as with issues 47, 59, 60 and 108). There have been various supplementary issues over the years, which are recorded here as 56a, 92a, 169a and 175a. References are given simply to the issue number, followed by the pages within it. Certain articles have been reprinted in later issues, as indicated. To save space, multiple references have been kept to a minimum. Hence, you will need to browse the Index as a whole, rather than expecting all the relevant pieces to be listed under a single heading. Please let Richard Jeffrey-Cook know of any mistakes which you discover, so that they can be rectified in future editions. He can be contacted at Mabar, Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, GUILDFORD, GU5 0PN, England or through the website. We apologise in advance for any offence caused to the contributors by how their pieces have (or have not!) been listed. CONTENT LIST SLINGSHOT INDEX .....................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................1 CONTENT LIST .............................................................................................................................................2 GENERAL HISTORICAL TOPICS...............................................................................................................5 Weapons & Technology............................................................................................................................5 Armies and Tactics....................................................................................................................................6 Battle Mechanics.......................................................................................................................................6 Campaign Dynamics .................................................................................................................................7 Naval Warfare ...........................................................................................................................................7 Historiographical Issues............................................................................................................................8 Reviews of Films & Historical Novels .....................................................................................................9 Miscellaneous............................................................................................................................................9 BATTLES AND WARS ...............................................................................................................................10 Before 500 BC.........................................................................................................................................10 5th Century BC ........................................................................................................................................10 4th Century BC ........................................................................................................................................10 3rd Century BC ........................................................................................................................................11 2nd-1st Centuries BC ................................................................................................................................12 1st-3rd Centuries AD ................................................................................................................................13 4th-6th Centuries AD ................................................................................................................................13 7th-9th Centuries AD ................................................................................................................................13 10th-11th Centuries AD ............................................................................................................................14 12th-13th Centuries AD ............................................................................................................................14 14th-15th Centuries AD ............................................................................................................................15 MIDDLE EASTERN PEOPLES...................................................................................................................16 General ....................................................................................................................................................16 Egyptians.................................................................................................................................................16 Hittites.....................................................................................................................................................17 Israelites, Canaan, Philistine ...................................................................................................................17 Assyrians.................................................................................................................................................17 Achaemenid Persians ..............................................................................................................................18 Judaea......................................................................................................................................................19 Parthians..................................................................................................................................................19 Sassanid Persians ....................................................................................................................................19 Arabs & Muslims ....................................................................................................................................20 Other Middle Eastern Peoples.................................................................................................................21 MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLES...................................................................................................................22 General ....................................................................................................................................................22 Mycenaeans and Minoans.......................................................................................................................23 Greeks .....................................................................................................................................................23