Mongols, Huns & Vikings

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MONGOLS, HUNS & VIKINGS, by Hugh Kennedy, New York, N. Y.: Sterling Publishing, Oct. 2002. 224 pp. $29.95 ISBN: 0-304-35292-6. A professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of St. Andrews, Hugh Kennedy adds this rich text to Cassall's History of Warfare series-edited by noted military historian John Keegan.

Kennedy discusses the history and tactics of nomadic warfare, examining not only the reasons for its many successes but also the limits of its power. Nomadic tribes-particularly those in the Eurasian land mass-gave history some of its most famous and ferocious warriors, ...

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