Customer Review: This is a very competent introduction to The Iliad and The Aeneid for children (the story really conflates elements of the two epics, e.g., there is no Trojan Horse in the Iliad). The book presents a plausible political back drop for the conflict (that does not appear in either epic but makes... more info
Customer Review: I guess the cliché "a picture is worth a thousand words" is over used. Therefore I will not demean myself by utilizing it. However this book uses phase-by-phase maps to show the progression of a battle. Therefore what might take an hour to understand 20 pages on Gaugamela takes 5 minutes... more info
Customer Review: This is a short-sighted book by a far too-widely regarded charlatan. Hanson's historical method falls seriously short of good research. It is little more than a tract using ancient Greek history and a few other examples to support his thesis for as to why the "Western way of war" is so much superior... more info
Customer Review: The Greek Civil war that began after the Second World War is still being felt today. This book explores it, beggining with the OSS intervention in Greece and the resistance to Nazism in Greece and follows the conflict up to modern times through interviews with normal people and history of the... more info
Customer Review: Number 36 in the Osprey "Essential Histories" series, this account of about a hundred years of classical-era warfare is fascinating. I couldn't put the book down till I finished it. The (mostly color) illustrations, including several helpful maps, provide depth and context for the historical... more info
Customer Review: I was quite excited to read this book, as the illustration of the Persian Cavalry on the cover impressed me greatly. The author seems to have a great knowledge and grasp of the Persian wars, he just doesn't use it to his potential extent. For one thing, the reconstructions of the Greek soldiers... more info
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