... I thought that Phil was just highliting that there are useful non-academic books available. Still I'll let him answer himself.. ... And those who...
... OK, I'm confused. First you seem to suggest that the passage disparages those authors who are mentioned, then it discriminates against thsoe who aren't? ...
... then it discriminates against thsoe who aren't? No, its discrimating to only mention some and not all. ... A personal interpretation. For some it casts ...
But the whole point of these reference books is to be discriminating - they're telling you what might be worth a read and what isn't. In this specific case...
2008-03-31 15:48 Iceman has anniversary bash Museum notches up 2. 5 mln visitors at 10- year mark (ANSA) - Bolzano, March 31 - Italy's famed Iceman mummy had...
ARCHAEOLOGY: CALL TO RETURN MUMMIES TO THEIR TOMBS (ANSAmed) - CAIRO, MARCH 5 - A tourist guide is planning to launch a campaign to send back all the Egyptian...
2008-03-31 13:56 Ancient Greek art dazzles Mantua Works on loan from museums worldwide for 'impossible' show (ANSA) - Mantua, March 27 - An astonishing...
... What's wrong with citing the works you think are good, and not the others? Isn't one of the functions of a reference book to direct you to useful further...
Dear Bob and Members, I HAVE POSTED TO THE holy Hack Poertion of the Classical Hack site the two posted articles by Bob Stewart. I hope I got everything right....
... I'm talking about negative comments, not positive ones. There is no need for the negative ones in a book. Regards Steven Get the name you always wanted...
... But based on what criterior? Personal opinion driven by emotion? To claim an author is wrong but then cannot prove it is 100% sheer folly to me. In this ...
... Personal opinion driven by genius ( : ) ) and study (which can be verified from the references). It's because this can't be done for unreferenced books...
TRAVELMED: SEGOVIA-AVILA-TOLEDO, ON THE TRAIL OF SEFARAD (By Paola Del Vecchio) (ANSAmed) - MADRID, JANUARY 30 - Sefarad is the name that has been given to...
... Sometimes tradition has to be question. ... But by mentioning names they personalise it. It becomes personal for this very reason. or see academic ... Then...
Of course, there's no sense in following a trend if one has good reasons to think it's wrong, any more than one can avoid saying a theory is untenable if you...
... Well this British reader has found the criticism of this phrase rather bizarre to say the least. IMO comments about sources/authors with whom the writer...
... I was pleased to see AANE cited in Drews' book on the End of the Bronze Age. I think he said something along the line of 'excellent overview, but no...
... Believe me I see your point, but I just don't think it adds anything to an author's discussion by raising it, when it is so irrelevant in the first place. ...
... Oh I must get that one! (and try to forget the hefty £50+) I assume both Shalmaneser and Ashurnasirpal II gates sets will be gorgeously depicted. Is there...
Stephen, I understand your opinion, but I think it's fundamentally flawed. #1 Any academic work has to discuss and reference suporting and opposing evidence...
Funny enough, saw them yesterday! We went to the Terracotta Army exhibition the night before, so took the opportunity to go round the rest of the BM on...
... I think you are missing the point. It doesn't (and shouldn't) matter to the reader what circumstances led to a publication being the way it is. Knowing of...
Chinese Warfare & Tactics ... The Chinese military have a reputation in the modern world of being a mindless human steam roller. Western experiences with the...
true_mangamonkey <rubenpost@...> wrote: you seem to ... That is your interpretation of my posting. I have stated my case. Other authors such as Goldsworthy...
... can be shown that your presumptions about any of the primary sources are wrong your whole argument will be ... Wow, Tom, what an assessment from one who...
... If you keep going on about it and it doesn't get published soon you will :-)) Nik Gaukroger "Sacrificing minions: Is there any problem it can't solve?" -...
You saw two of the three sets of gates (one of which is the Shalmaneser III gate) : ) The third, the other Ashurnasirpal gate, was in Mosul museum but much of...
No, just the two Ashurnasirpal gates are discussed in detail (neither published in full before), but we do give the correct order of the SIII gates for the...
... Now that _is_ interesting. Are they still the bowman + spearman pairs as noted in the DBM Neo-Assyrian list or are we talking "proper" cavalry here? Will...
I went to a conference where there was a paper on the historiography of warfare in the Near East. A slide popped up with the early foundations of the subject...
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