The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 5, Issue 4, Fall 2016 | Page 5

Letter from the Editor
The 2016 Fall issue came together quickly. The Journal Team put out a
call for papers and indeed, Saber and Scroll members responded, evidencing
solid membership engagement and dedication to historical research. This issue
contains two articles from Tormod Engvig. In the first article, Tormod discusses
the German Battleship Tirpitz and its effect on allied convoys during WWII. In
the second, Tormod continues his research in naval history with a discussion of
the Washington Treaty 1921-1922 and its influence on the French and Italian
navy. Stuart McClung continues the focus on WWII with his book review of
Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign: The Eighth Army and the
Path to El Alamein by Jonathan Fennell.
The issue provides a good showing of American history as well. Ryan
Lancaster discusses the Army’s Camel Corps during the antebellum period. In
addition, Anne Midgley and Stan Prager provide book reviews focusing on early
American history, primarily the Revolutionary War period.
For a number of Saber and Scroll authors the journal provided them
their first opportunity to get their work published. Indeed, many have gone on to
publish in other journals or have written books. With this in mind, Jack Morato
shares a piece with us that he published in the International Social Science
Review, which focuses on the economics surrounding the Roman farmer during
the last two centuries of the republic. In addition, Anne Midgley and Stuart
McClung previously published their book reviews in H-War within H-net.
Medieval history is a popular area of study amongst Saber and Scroll
members. In this tradition, Mat Hudson contributed an informative article
devoted to Anglo-Saxon England.
I hope you enjoy the Fall Issue.
Michael Majerczyk
Editor-In-Chief
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