Richard A. Gabriel

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

He is a former adjunct 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 is the author of 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] David Olle of Nyjournalofbooks praised Gabriel's writing style as "accessible and engaging."[7]

  1. ^ "Richard A. Gabriel | Authors | Macmillan". us.macmillan.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Richard A. Gabriel | New York journal of books". nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  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. S2CID 146203821.
  4. ^ Sheldon, R. M. (June 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.
  7. ^ "a book review by David Olle: Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved November 14, 2021.