jcovey's review
4.0
A fascinating book. Consists of two types of chapters, ones which quickly move through societal and political developments, and ones that go into blow by blow descriptions of the military engagements.
The former is my bread and butter, the latter is something I don't often delve into. But the truth is the former depend entirely on the latter, and so the deep dive was, to me, a fascinating look into the actual mechanisms of history. The vagaries of personality, materials, terrain, and weather from which all of history inexorably flows.
The former is my bread and butter, the latter is something I don't often delve into. But the truth is the former depend entirely on the latter, and so the deep dive was, to me, a fascinating look into the actual mechanisms of history. The vagaries of personality, materials, terrain, and weather from which all of history inexorably flows.
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