3 ms·
I would agree w/ the OP - from what I can gather, at least from Brett Devereaux's blog, the serious academics seem to focus more on the economic/political histo
by caycep 3y ago
I would agree w/ the OP - from what I can gather, at least from Brett Devereaux's blog, the serious academics seem to focus more on the economic/political history behind the warfare, i.e. how could Rome afford/produce enough metalwork to equip X or Y amount of legions, afford salaries etc, how could different greek cities feed the men in the field for so many days and however many miles of marching, etc. Also, slavery.
1 on 1 duels are glamorous but are more apt for literary works than warfare which is really a branch of political/economic science.
Modern samurai popularity seems to owe a lot to Kurosawa's desire to film Westerns...I can't recall exactly, but I had come across a few accounts where public resentment of the samurai class as corrupt government officials surged from time to time...
- HideousKojima 3y ago>how could different greek cities feed the men in the field for so many days I thought that until the last few centuries foraging/pillaging was the main way armies were fed in the field. Gives the obvious advantage of not needing to maintain and defend supply lines.