The Mongol art of war por Timothy May

Title of the book: The Mongol art of war

Original title: The Mongol art of war

Author's name: Timothy May

ISBN: 1-59416-046-5

Original language: English

Cover designed by: Jon Wilkison

Genre: Military history

Editorial: Westholm Publishing

Years editions 2007

Year of Reading: 2016

Additional Information:

I have taken the liberty of creating a trilogy, to make a dive in the unknown history of the Mongol Empire.
I recommend that you read first The Secret History of the Mongols, then the Secret History of the Mongol Queens and finally The Art of War of the Mongols: Genghis Khan and Mongol military system.
If you follow this chronology going to see how fascinating and unknown that was the Mongol Empire. I hope you like it.

Summary of the book:
This book is a serious study of one of the greatest empires that had one of the most organized and modern armies of the time.
You will be introduce to the arming, recruitment, training, and also will be analyze how they managed adapted to fight in different conditions, climates and terrain, always using new and innovative combat tactics and all this for the glory of the Mongol empire.
You will also read about the devastation of Poland and Hungary in 1240, and how was enslaved a large part of the population, so they could not rebel against the Empire. At the same time, is a describe of the battlefield and maps, that show the incredible expansion of the empire, from the heart of Asia to the South Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Sea.
All so will be demonstrate how many of the polar believe and legends about the Mongolian empire, are false or exaggerated, this is due to their tactics and brutality in the battlefield. For example one of the most common mistakes is to believe that the riders attacked so disorganized and taking advantage of their numerical superiority to crush the opposing army, actually they used small Mongol army regiment, led by brilliant generals as Subotai Ba'atur, which came to design practice maneuvers with which he was castrated to improve the quality, flexibility and military organization of the Empire's strength.

The secret history of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford

Title of the book: The secret history of the Mongol Queens

Original title: The secret history of the Mongol Queens

Author's name: Jack Weatherford

ISBN: 978-0-307-40715-3

Original language: English

Genre: historical narrative

Editorial: Crown Publisher

Years editions 2010

Year of Reading: 2010

Additional Information: 2016

I have taken the liberty of creating a trilogy, to make a dive in the unknown history of the Mongol Empire.
I recommend that you read first The Secret History of the Mongols, then the Secret History of the Mongol Queens and finally The Art of War of the Mongols: Genghis Khan and Mongol military system.
If you follow this chronology going to see how fascinating and unknown that was the Mongol Empire. I hope you like it.

Summary of the book:

In my opinion it is a great book I recommend reading as it allows us to see not only one side of Genghis Khan very unfamiliar, if not the role that the daughters and wives of Genghis played in the Mongol Empire.

In this book we see Genghis Khan, was almost the inventor of the modern era, it is more, there are countries today (which we believe are Westernized) that are more backward than the Mongol empire of the thirteenth century, which is really sad.

In this book we will see one of the most brilliant strategies in political alliances, which were his daughters, who became the spirals that helped lay Gengis and expand their empire.

But unfortunately also tells us the decay of this empire, one of the largest in history, the recipe is almost always the same for all empires. Inept, drunk and useless come to power and with them the end of the golden era.

But all hope for the Mongol empire is not lost, because grace Mandukhai Khatun who was regent until Dayan Khan was old to govern, these two characters succeed in restoring the glory of the empire Mongol and bring order to chaos.

The epilogue is great, please read it. What I liked most is the story of Christopher Columbus, as I did not know.