Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade By John France ISBN: 978-0521589871 Cambridge University Press, 1997 $37.99 (paperback) www.cambridge.org
The First Crusade was a military undertaking greater than any of its participants had yet experienced, and certainly bigger than anything seen in Western Europe since the days of the Romans. It will not cease to fascinate and encourage the next generation to plant their flag of interpretation on ground already welltrodden. On this, still more than holds its own even thirty years after publication.
