The Mongol Art of War
by Mr. Timothy May
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Author: Mr. Timothy MayEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-31
ISBN: 1594160465
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
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Book Review: Boring narrative history
Summary: 3 Stars
Much of the book was paraphrasing of chronicles and other sources. Trust me, reading chronicles is dull stuff, unless one has the cultural context in mind. But this is seldom provided. I do no believe the author once analyzes or even mentions the fact that the Mongols had a patrilineal or patrilateral social structure (the details are unclear) which must have influenced their government and military organization. Also, the author leaves hanging as to WHY the mongols engaged in their depredations at this particular time. He suggests that completely razing cities was a military strategy to protect the security of their rear as they moved on. Probably so, but surely the fact that pastoralists generally have ambivalent relations with agriculturalists had something to do with it. The economic foundations of the Mongol military machine are not not well discussed in any event. Nevertheless I did learn something from this book although more diagrams or photos of equipment would have been helpful.
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