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Old March 1st, 2007 #16
John Bender
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Originally Posted by HoaxThis View Post
I read it back in the '70s -- awesome book. The study of Mongol battle strategy is required reading for cadets at West Point. Mongols were brilliant tacticians.

Have you gotten to the part where a Mongol captain had enemy captives sealed in a box to suffocate while he used he used this as his dinner table? (Did I mention that they were also a tad on the sadistic side? )
Yes, I read that part the other night. Terribly brutal!