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The Mongol Art of War: Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Military System.(Brief article)(Book review)
The Mongol Art of War: Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Military System TIMOTHY MAY. Westholme (Univ. of Chicago, dist.), $29.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-159416-046-2
An authority on the Mongol empire, May (The Horse and the Origins of Horse Medicine in China) combines exhaustive research and accessible prose for this authoritative study of one of history's most feared and successful armies. Following a brief discussion of the rise of the "largest contiguous empire in history," which stretched "from the Sea of Japan to the Black Sea," May dissects the sundry elements of the Mongol army--recruitment and organization, training, logistics, leadership and tactics--that account for …
