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Title: Battlegrounds : Geography and the Art of Warfare by Michael Stephenson ISBN: 0-7922-3374-3 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 1 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Charitably rated as "Poor"
Comment: I cannot improve on these comments by other reviewers: "This slap dash compilation of short descriptions was probably put together as a quick way to make a few bucks." "The battle descriptions are dry and confusing--most of the maps are useless in determining the sequence of events." "...the treatment of the subject is so superficial as to leave any individual modestly knowledgeable of historically significant battles disappointed. Simple drawings and small scale historical 'views' are used with a short summary of each of many battles."
Most dissapointing of all is the paucity of maps (contrary to comments by commercial reviewers). I, too, was sucked in by the National Geographic brand.
Rating: 1
Summary: National Geographic should be ashamed.
Comment: This slap dash compilation of short descriptions was probably put together as a quick way to make a few bucks. The authors are indeed esteemed but I bet each one wrote their part from memory on a Sunday afternoon. The battle descriptions are dry and confusing--most of the maps are useless in determining the sequence of events. Geography seems to be sort of thrown in as a catchy way to snare amateur buffs like myself. I usually read reviews before I buy a book and this time I just "assumed" good quality due to the National Geographic Society imprimatur. Stay away!
Rating: 1
Summary: Diappointing Effort by NG
Comment: This book is advertised in and partially sponsored by National Geographic. However, the treatment of the subject is so superficial as to leave any individual modestly knowledgeable of historically significant battles disappointed. Simple drawings and small scale historical 'views' are used with a short summary of each of many battles. The very least they could have done is provide a current (or for the very hold sites, 'best estimated) topo of the site.
I would not recommend this book.
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Title: Ripples of Battle : How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by VICTOR HANSON ISBN: 0385504004 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Iraq War: A Military History by Williamson Murray, Robert H., Jr. Scales ISBN: 0674012801 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs by Leah Bendavid-Val ISBN: 079226164X Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda by JOHN KEEGAN ISBN: 0375400532 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: National Geographic Almanac of World History by Pat Daniels, Steve Hyslop ISBN: 0792250923 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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