Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe

'Drews's new book ... is clearly argued and will serve the neophyte as a convenient introduction to the voluminous research-recent and classic- in the several scholarly fields whose data are adduced here' - Journal of the American Oriental Society 141.1 (2021)

'Cet ouvrage fournit un 'modèle' pour comprendre l'histoire de la guerre européenne, avec ses armes et ses premières batailles, un champ de recherches trop souvent écarté pour des raisons idéologiques déplacées (pp. 56-57), ou simplement pour des raisons de mode. Quant à l'articulation de cette histoire avec la linguistique historique indo-européenne, beaucoup reste à faire, comme l'auteur l'admet in fine. Toutefois, son ouvrage fournit des perspectives qui respectent pour l'essentiel le travail des linguistes et qui, enrichies d'études anthropologiques et archéologiques plus larges, leur permettront d'affiner leurs propres hypothèses' - Pierre Sauzeau in Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'Today's archaeology, exemplified by the work of, for example, Helle Vandkilde or Kristian Kristiansen, is again interested in Indo-European migrations, war, weapons, and the flow of interaction throughout the Old World. Drews has studied these issues, through the lens of Near Eastern and ancient Greek history, throughout his career and across shifting trends in history and archaeology. Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe draws on this experience to produce a synthesis from Caucasia to Scandinavia; to address at length topics previously remarked on in passing; and to comment on a number of current debates about the role and nature of militarism, warfare, chronological issues, Indo-European dispersions, the arrival of the Greeks in Greece, and the history of Europe' - Christopher Prescott in AJA

'Drews's conclusions will, no doubt, engender a vigorous response from PIE scholars over the merits of his thesis. Regardless, Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe is a fascinating read for the student of warfare or antiquity, even without a background in archaeology, linguistics, or Indo-European studies' - Nathan Perz in Journal of Military History