"When the king of England invaded Wales in 1277, he embarked on the first of three remarkable campaigns that would put his strategic concepts and those of his Welsh opponents to the test." An article from Military History (1999).

"Prince Owain Glyndwr led a successful people's rebellion against England's iron-fisted rule in the early 15th century and arguably became the most famous and highly reguarded figure in Welsh history." April/May 2001 issue of British Heritage.

"The long, terrible struggle between the English and the Irish began in 1169, when Diarmuid Mac Murchada asked King Henry II for aid against his rivals--only to learn that it was easier to invite the Normans into a country than it was to convince them to leave." Originally appeared in the December 1998 issue of Military History magazine.