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oliveseidler's review against another edition
Could not bring myself to care at all and I struggled to follow it when I did read it. I don't know whether it's because I've fallen out the habit of academic writing styles or something else, but I get the sense from the reviews it gets that it may not be a fully me issue either
rosekk's review against another edition
3.0
Some of the chapters I found really interesting, others I was tempted to skip through. Much of the book was dedicated to describing military changes, which I find the least interesting aspects of any given historical period (I know studying them is necessary for understanding what happened around the time, but I just don't enjoy reading it). Many of the writers were making a great effort not to offer opinions, but that made it dryer.
friendofgosig's review against another edition
3.0
250 pages is not nearly enough to cover this topic in any detail, and so the result is dry and fairly uncoordinated. I didn’t really learn anything new here, and felt the argument could have been more consistently pushed throughout. It does have a pretty cover though.
souppiggy's review against another edition
Although the contents of this book are really interesting I find the writing style quite dry and analytical. Maybe it is because I don’t read much non-fiction but I found myself wishing for more storytelling than fact recital.
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