To begin its coverage of such broad topic as military history, the XENOPHONGroup will focus on a few narrow areas. These have been selected from among those topics and eras that are perceived as having been inadquately or poorly addressed, if not even distorted, in popular military history books and journals.
To some degree the skimpy treatment of certain military eras and events is the result of difficult to obtain primary sources. However, much of the imbalance and distorted coverage are due to parochial focus (most often regional and nationalistic preferences) of both researchers who publish and their expected reading publics. The problem is further compounded by print publishers pandering to their perceptions of what are 'marketable' subjects and events. The consequence is that the truth and reliable understanding of many past events are not easily available for an open study of military history.