A thousand years of the Hungarian art of war (Rákóczi Foundation heritage series)

Overall I found this to be a fascinating book. It is written with a passion and clarity that draws the reader in. I do, though, have two things against this book. First, for some inexplicable reason, the Napoleonic wars are complete ignored in this work, something that I find hard to understand. Secondly, this book in not unbiased, but is intended to provide heroes for "second and third generation ethnic Hungarians who live in the free world." As such, the author's spirited defenses of Hungarian military defeats sometimes come off sounding rather defensive and touchy.

Overall, though, in spite of the criticism above, I did enjoy this book, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in Hungarian or military history. Indeed, I truly enjoyed reading a history book that covered historical events from a vantage point that I have not seen used in any other book. I do wish that Professor Komjathy would update this fascinating book, as so much has happened in Hungary since 1982!