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Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths (US Army), Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army

The Harding Project’s Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths reviews this best-selling, epic in scope history of the world framed by powerful families and gives an honest evaluation of the book’s potential value (and shortcomings) for soldiers. Griffiths notes that the book provides insight into the “richness of the human experience” with “vignettes to give color to historical military campaigns and humanize those campaigns’ participants.”

Publication Date

8-21-2024

Keywords

Enheduanna, Russia, Nadir Shah, Medici family, Ashoka

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Book Review: The World: A Family History of Humanity

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