Mongol Warrior 1200–1350

This book is probably the best study out there on the life and experiences of the common Mongol warriors, and makes an extremely fascinating read. Wayne Reynolds provides eight excellent color plates for this title that really flesh out the text, as do some photographs of modern Mongol families and their ponies, weapons, and yurts. Some of the information is slightly repetitive from the previous men-at-arms title on the Mongols, but there is enough distinct information in this book to make it worth your money.

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Artwork depicts the life style of the Mongols which was crucial to their development as some of the world's most fearsome warriors.

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Mongol Warrior, 1200-1350. Osprey Warrior 84.Written by Stephen Turnbull, and Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds.Scope – bigCompleteness – GoodAppeal - goodAccuracy –good as far as I knowIn 2004, I had the privilege of attending Cornell University and studying East Asian Studies and Chinese history. During this time, at least one of my fellow grad students and I had a discussion about Osprey books. His views were negative, but not necessarily due to the contents. According to him, if you have credentials they wish, Osprey will work hard to recruit you to write a book for them (he said he’d received this treatment. I find that claim believable, but did not see evidence of it.) He also said that most academics, including his advisor, look down on people who write Osprey books. The combination had led to some dramatic conversations and stressful but humorous events in his life.But speaking as someone with some academic training in history (I ultimately earned a master’s degree in the subject) although Osprey books can be a bit hit and miss, this one came through for me in a clutch. I was taking a seminar on Marc Polo and the Mongol Empire with Dr. Charles Peterson, now retired, and had my heart set on writing a paper on the logistics of the Mongol Horde. What did those folks eat and how did they maintain themselves as they rode from one end of the Eurasian landmass to the other and back, conquering everything in their path. Professor Peterson thought I’d have trouble finding that information and encouraged me to choose a different topic. But I was determined to look deeper into this.Although I tried the usual academic databases for scholarly papers on the subject of what the Mongols ate, I just wasn’t finding the information.However, when I purchased this Osprey book, bing! –there it was. A very good and properly sourced description of what the Mongol warrior ate when he was on campaign. I tracked down the sources, tracked down other articles by the same author (John Masson Smith), began looking at his sources, and had successfully tapped into the vein and soon had written a good paper on the subject that I am still proud of to this day. (If I had it to do over again, I would also track down who had cited the paper that excited me, but that’s another matter. We live, we learn, we hone and improve our skills and historical research and scholarship is the same way.)So, how is this book anyway? Quite good. It’s 64 pages long, with a section of beautiful full color paintings in the front and black and white illustrations throughout. The contents are concise yet seem quite complete for people who wish to understand the Mongol Warrior of this period and how he and the army he fought with were such a success.Recruitment, Training, Appearance and Dress, Daily Life, Campaign Life, Tactics and how the Mongol armies of the time adapted to the new challenges they met on their far flung wide reaching campaigns, as well as a glossary, bibliography, and index are all addressed in this informative yet concise book. I recommend it highly.

I've been intrigued by the exploits of the Mongols for ages but this is the first time I've got around to reading up on them. My chief response is to be grateful I never had to face them in battle. Frankly, I can't see how they could be beaten! The combination of expert soldiers, varied and deadly weapons and extreme mobility was devastating to almost everyone who came into contact with them. They had their problems with jungles and oceans but nothing else seemed to undo them. This book aptly explains why. As is the case with the Osprey series, there are descriptions and painted images showing the Mongols as they looked, based on accounts of the times and archeology. These also provide the basis for looking at the ways the Mongols achieved their successes. The book covers their origins, the way they lived and the way they fought and adapted to new challenges. Unfortunately the 64 page format doesn't allow the detail that I want but it does point the reader to areas to research further. There's a LOT to learn. Recommended as a taster to a fascinating subject.

Stephen Turnbull and Wayne Reynolds are now a true team. After several projects they now work like a clock. Certainly it wasn't easy for Reynolds to catch up with the amazing scholarship of Turnbull, but in this "Mongol Warrior" we can see in his plates that he really studied the sources, researched artifacts, iconographical evidence, etc. The color plates include Mongol light archers and heavy cavalryman; their logistical support system (the ger); the Mongol army on the move; the setting of a ger; hand to hand combat at Kalka river and wounded Mongol warriors at the siege of Kaifeng. They are all competently drawn and with remarkable historical accuracy.The book in itself is extraordinary; giving a clear, quick view of life in a Mongol horde, where every man was a warrior and everybody else belonged to the logistics of the army. The particular characteristics of those unique steppe warriors including their hierarchy, the adaptability to different surroundings and conditions (like fighting in Burma's forests or learning siege craft), their mobility and logistics (and their horses amazing capability to survive and feed themselves in dramatic circumstances), their iron discipline and ferocity are clearly presented in a concise and clear way.The Mongol experience of battle is also detailed, including concepts like tactical false retreat, strategic false retreat, counter-attacks, reconnaissance en force, siege weapons and armies on the march.Some pictures of modern day Mongols, including their ger (sometimes called Yurt), artifacts, a small glossary, chronological table and a respectable further reading guide, complete this very interesting title from this great author of everything Eastern.

This is a reference book published by the Osprey Publishing Company on the subject of individual Mongol soldiers. This is a close up of how the Mongol army looked as they invaded the forming Russian Kingdom starting in 1238 C.E.

Ogni libro della Osprey è un'esperienza valida: illustrati, divulgativi, ben raccolti, ben documentati, un ottimo riferimento agile e veloce per gli appassionati di uniformi, per chi scrive, per chi ama la Storia dello specifico periodo e per chi è semplicemente curioso.

Wenn man ein deutsches Buch über die mongolische Armee zur Zeit Dschingis Khans sucht, wird man nicht viel Informatives finden. Dieses Buch vermittelt eindrucksvoll Training, Bewaffnung und Taktik der Soldaten der effektivsten (und furchterregendsten) Streitmacht der Geschichte, die selbst die römischen Legionen weit in den Schatten stellt. Der Text ist, mit normalen Englischkenntnissen, gut verständlich.Wie üblich bei Osprey befinden sich in der Mitte des Buches die Zeichnungen, die die mongolische Armee und einzelne Krieger der verschiedenen Waffengattungen in Einsatz und auf dem Marsch zeigen.

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Le livre est très bien documenté et on ne trouve pas d'équivalent en français sur ce sujet , il faut bien sûr pratiquer l'anglais .