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Jack Weatherford
Jack Weatherford retired as a professor of anthropology from Macalester College in Minnesota. His research interests are in Mongolia, and he is a resident of Ulaanbaatar. show more

Jack Weatherford retired as a professor of anthropology from Macalester College in Minnesota. His research interests are in Mongolia, and he is a resident of Ulaanbaatar.
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Dem
Dem rated it 7 years ago
Having listened a couple of years kago to the 5 Star captivating and detailed podcast by Funjokyk Dan Carlin - HardCore Histroy[b:Wrath of the Khans|37804116|Wrath of the Khans (Hardcore History, #43-47)|Dan Carlin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1514984298s/37804116.jpg|59475697][bc:Wrath of t...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
This is a very entertaining, thought-provoking and well-written book. The relatively low rating reflects my lingering skepticism. The back of the book itself calls it "revisionist history" and Weatherford is not a historian, but an anthropologist. Although to give him his due, he was part of a team ...
Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 11 years ago
I bought this book for two reasons. 1) It was a daily deal and 2) the audible reviews on this books seemed to be one of the most consistently positive I had ever seen.I knew nothing about that period of history before reading this book. My bad. Now I understand why I was wrong to have ignored this t...
msleighm books
msleighm books rated it 11 years ago
My mom gave me this book, after reading it herself. She knows I've always been drawn to the Mongols, perhaps due to a past life experience (if you believe in that sort of thing), or perhaps because my fathers German - as far as we can trace back - family has distinctly Asian features. I've been aske...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 12 years ago
This is a book that can and should be read by everyone, at least all with the slightest interest in world history. I feel this so adamantly since what it tells us does away with serious misconceptions about the Mongol Empire. It explains in a clear and comprehensible manner how the world we live in...
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