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I might have missed something but it seemed to me that the author neither stated nor implied that Tolkien was in any way inaccurate. He praises the writing, ill
by jpmoral 5y ago
I might have missed something but it seemed to me that the author neither stated nor implied that Tolkien was in any way inaccurate. He praises the writing, illustrating how Theoden's,Saruman's and the others' actions made sense in the context of the situation and their own level of expertise as military commanders.
- endominus 5y agoYes, most of the faults he raises are in where Peter Jackson's movies diverged from the books. Tolkien, he repeatedly says, had an excellent grasp of the calculus and rationale of war. And to the GP's point, most of the realities of war, as long as we are dealing with biological entities in earth-like conditions, apply. Movement of troops, logistics, centers of power, etc apply as much to Middle-Earth (don't know why they referred to an "unnamed world") as they do to ours, as long as armies are relevant. The siege of Helm's Deep is a case where the armies are explicitly relevant.