Alfred S. Bradford
Autor(a) de With Arrow, Sword, and Spear
About the Author
Alfred S Bradford is John Saxon Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of With Arrow, Sword and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World (2000) and Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy (2007).
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Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2011 (2011) — Author "Killing Machines" — 2 cópias
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- Obras
- 7
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- 191
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- #114,255
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- 3.8
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- 1
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- 17
Bradford's conclusions at the end of the book were perhaps the most interesting part. He rightly identifies that the most successful leaders were those who recognized and followed methods established by Sun Tzu and Alexander the Great, in particular that success is not possible without a well-defined and practical objective. I do think he missed the mark a bit on the impetus behind the origins of ancient warfare...Bradford pins it on the establishment of agriculture and permanent settlements the created something that had to be defended. While this is certainly true, warfare also indirectly provided a measure of population control; arguments regarding the inevitability of war in spite of the petty interests of rulers or generals is a compelling one that perhaps should have been mentioned.
This book stands as a decent enough primer on ancient warfare. I can name a number of books that are more limited in scope but are far better productions. Consider this a springboard, but one should not be satisfied with the extent of the tales told here.… (mais)