There's a couple of problems with his writing for a general audience. One is that he's very pedantic and will spend significant time on things that aren't the m

There's a couple of problems with his writing for a general audience. One is that he's very pedantic and will spend significant time on things that aren't the main point. The other is that he's a historian and will spend significant time on sources. Personally I appreciate these but yeah they don't lead to as concise an article as could be written