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uchlaraai's review
5.0
The way these authors write, and their subject matter....be still my beating heart!
brynhammond's review
4.0
So, has this extravaganza of French philosophy any insight for a student of real, historical steppe nomads?
Yes.
It's a helluva lot better (on the nomads) than Azar Gat [b:War in Human Civilization|129630|War in Human Civilization|Azar Gat|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171988377s/129630.jpg|124852] or John Keegan [b:A History of Warfare|55196|A History of Warfare|John Keegan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320440442s/55196.jpg|2692603]. They have no inkling about nomads.
I'll study this further.
PS. If you're here for steppe research in a strict sense, you can safely start on p.50. Not that there wasn't food for thought beforehand. On waterworks, I thought of the human control of water in China, a story told in [b:The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China|413041|The Retreat of the Elephants An Environmental History of China|Mark Elvin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328870273s/413041.jpg|402273].
Yes.
It's a helluva lot better (on the nomads) than Azar Gat [b:War in Human Civilization|129630|War in Human Civilization|Azar Gat|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171988377s/129630.jpg|124852] or John Keegan [b:A History of Warfare|55196|A History of Warfare|John Keegan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320440442s/55196.jpg|2692603]. They have no inkling about nomads.
I'll study this further.
PS. If you're here for steppe research in a strict sense, you can safely start on p.50. Not that there wasn't food for thought beforehand. On waterworks, I thought of the human control of water in China, a story told in [b:The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China|413041|The Retreat of the Elephants An Environmental History of China|Mark Elvin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328870273s/413041.jpg|402273].
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