04-26-2010, 10:35 PM
Has anyone seen this one? Published back in January:
Rome's Wars in Parthia: Blood in the Sand
The author appears to be a US army colonel and head of the Department of History at Virginia Military Institute; her previous books deal with Roman and 'Biblical' espionage activities.
The front flap (from the Amazon preview) states that "there has been no detailed study of the individual wars Rome fought against Parthia from the military perspective'. Not sure if this is true, but it would be an interesting book, perhaps, if it aimed to do that. There would seem, however, to be a pretty heavy focus on comparison between Roman invasions of Parthia and the 2003 invasion of Iraq - not a massively useful approach, IMO!
The index lists 'Archeological evidence' only once, but 'Saddam Hussein' twice. Also 'Rumsfeld, Donald', 'Political influence operations' and 'Full-spectrum dominance' (whatever they might be!). Rather suggestive of :x
Still - initial impression might be wrong...
- Nathan
Rome's Wars in Parthia: Blood in the Sand
The author appears to be a US army colonel and head of the Department of History at Virginia Military Institute; her previous books deal with Roman and 'Biblical' espionage activities.
The front flap (from the Amazon preview) states that "there has been no detailed study of the individual wars Rome fought against Parthia from the military perspective'. Not sure if this is true, but it would be an interesting book, perhaps, if it aimed to do that. There would seem, however, to be a pretty heavy focus on comparison between Roman invasions of Parthia and the 2003 invasion of Iraq - not a massively useful approach, IMO!
The index lists 'Archeological evidence' only once, but 'Saddam Hussein' twice. Also 'Rumsfeld, Donald', 'Political influence operations' and 'Full-spectrum dominance' (whatever they might be!). Rather suggestive of :x
Still - initial impression might be wrong...
- Nathan
Nathan Ross