I can’t help thinking, though, that there were perhaps three faults of the book that caused me to lose my way. Perhaps Weatherford provided so much information and perspective new to me that my circuits overloaded, and I just couldn’t hold my own as a reader. The fault, I acknowledge, may lie with myself. So why do I come away from the book dissatisfied? He examines the seemingly endless ways in which the Mongols, in their empire-building, had an impact on every corner of Asia and Europe. Weatherford’s 2004 book is filled with insights into the culture of the Mongols and their methods of war-making. Actually, I should say “empires” since the unified domain that Temujin created in the 13th century on his way to becoming Genghis Khan (which means “strong, wolf-like leader”) was quickly fragmented among four branches of his family. It is a detailed, well-documented, well-researched look at the rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. I know that I should like Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
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