TEXIAN ILIAD: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. xix,321pp. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations including eleven original drawings by Gary Zaboly. Maps. Notes. Red cloth with the title in black ink. First edition, first state with misspelled name in the acknowledgements. Fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Alwyn Barr: “…a significant contribution to Texas and military history because no [other] modern balanced and analytical study of the entire Texas Revolution exists.” Cox, More Basic Texas Books 46: “This is the one book to read for an understanding of the military aspect of the Texas Revolution.”  Joseph G. Dawson III: “Hardin’s well-written book is recommended to anyone interested in nineteenth-century military studies and the history of Texas and the American southwest.” This is an important book on the subject for a number of reasons. The author examines the strategies and tactics of both the Mexican and Texan forces, the weapons used by each side and impact that leadership, morale, logistics, weather, and topography had on the struggle. Extensively researched, carefully balanced and written in a highly readable style, this is, to date, the definitive work on the subject.