While I put the finishing touches on Making Waves, I was struck by the similarity between the decisive battle of Aljubarrato (1385), in which the Spanish and the French were decisively beaten by the Portuguese supported by English archers, and that famous battle at Agincourt 30 years later. Here's the trailer from a Portuguese movie about the former, plus Kenneth Branagh giving a hair-raising reading of the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V.
In both cases, the heavily armored mounted knights had their horses shot from underneath them and were slaughtered by troops on foot. There is a message here, particularly coming right after Obama begins to back away from the nuclear deterrent. The only shelter is peace, maybe?
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