Reviews

Mongol Warrior 1200–1350 by Stephen Turnbull

mary_soon_lee's review against another edition

4.0

Summer reading book reviews, book #11, "Mongol Warrior 1200-1350" by Stephen Turnbull.... This book is part of the very handy Osprey series of short, illustrated military history books. Having read other reference works about the Mongols, much of the material in this book was familiar to me, but it was still a good refresher.... Not for the first time, I read the assertion that Mongols wore silk shirts so that arrowheads could be more easily removed from their wounds. And not for the first time, I wondered if this really works. Another interesting tidbit, the book said that the Mongol armies (or their grazing animals) would have eaten through eight square miles of grassland per day en route to Syria, which seems a perfectly manageable amount provided the army didn't pause in one spot for long.

spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition

2.0

A decent super-short introduction, but not citing of sources. I know that it's just a tiny Osprey book, but really now.