[Regia-NA] Re: Viking naval warfare
Brett W. McCoy
list-regia-na@lig.net
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:06:05 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Cory W. Nielsen wrote:
> > The Viking Art of War book seems to have mixed reviews... some folks seem
> > to have liked it, others didn't.
>
> After reading it myself, I can fully understand that. Much of the book was
> really interesting and loaded with factual information. Quite often,
> however, I almost felt like the author was taking an almost dismissive or
> condescending tone about his subject.
Apparently he's a warfare expert but not necessarily an expert on Vikings.
:-)
But it's the information I am mostly interested in anyway.
-- Brett
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