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Post by oldpop2000 on Apr 16, 2014 13:40:35 GMT -6
I am currently reading "The Military History of Ancient Israel " By Dr. Richard Gabriel. If you have ever seen Bible Battles and Battles BC then you should know him. This is the second book by this author, on my Kindle that I have and I am learning a lot. I am also reading "The Rise of the West by William H. McNeill. I am now attempting to refocus on Ancient History to improve my knowledge of where many of our problems militarily have derived. Here are some of the other books that I have read or am going to read in this area:
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy - Have read this and will read again
The Revenge of Geography by Robert D. Kaplan - Have read half of the book but it is a must for studying this subject
The Historian's Paradox by Peter Hoffer
Ancient Egypt: The Secrets of Ancient Egypt, from the Great Pyramids to the Sphinx
I have others in paper format and will continue on with those plus some on my Nook and Google Books, one on the Persian Empire.
There isn't much discussion on the military history forum of anything except modern weaponry which I enjoy thoroughly but if anyone has the interest and the time, this is a great subject.
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Post by sirchaos on Apr 17, 2014 3:40:22 GMT -6
Have you read Persian Fire, by Tom Holland? It´s about the Greco-Persian war, but also goes into the histories of Athens, Sparta and Persia.
I´ve also been reading The Histories, by Herodotus, on and off for while. It´s... enlightening to see what he reports as facts and what he dismisses as not credible. After that, Thucydides is next on the reading list.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Apr 17, 2014 7:16:21 GMT -6
Have you read Persian Fire, by Tom Holland? It´s about the Greco-Persian war, but also goes into the histories of Athens, Sparta and Persia. I´ve also been reading The Histories, by Herodotus, on and off for while. It´s... enlightening to see what he reports as facts and what he dismisses as not credible. After that, Thucydides is next on the reading list. I have "Persian Fire" on my Nook in Ereader format, but haven't finished it. I also have Herodotus and only finished half of that. I read it in college about forty eight years ago. Needless to say, I need to reread it.
It is interesting that studying the geography of the region can give you elements of how and why combat operations were conducted in all areas of the Middle East, Greece etc. Example is the Jordan River Valley which is a graben, the central spine of Canaan, and the mountain passes across that central spine. The Jezreel Valley and coastal road leading from Goshen to Beersheba just to name a few. The geography of Mesopotamia is vital also. Fascinating area and history.
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Post by antonin on Aug 20, 2014 19:56:55 GMT -6
Peter Wells' "The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest" is quite good.
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