Thank you for the recommendations! I recently got into the genre of Central Asian History with Peter Hopkirk's books. I look forward to continuing learning about this fascinating part of the world with some of these books! I also hope to travel to Uzbekistan this year and see some of these sites in person
Thank you! Yea, Uzbekistan has the best historical architecture Imo, especially Timur's tomb. If you can get to it, Osh in Kyrgyzstan is an interesting city. Not much in the way of historical sites, but the Suleiman-Too mountain is super fun to climb on and the city has much more of an exotic Silk Road feel than any Uzbek city, all of which felt quite controlled.
Fantastic list. One or two of these are definitely going into my to-read list for this year (I thoroughly enjoyed Beckwith's book on Tibet - read on your recommendation - so I'm excited to engage with his broader treatment of the steppe). You're one of the leading Substack historians and I look forwards to another year of your poasting
Great list, Man and Technics really is a great primer for reading Jacques Ellul. Also, the new edition of The Hour of Decision with the forward by John David Ebert is great,
Thank you for the recommendations! I recently got into the genre of Central Asian History with Peter Hopkirk's books. I look forward to continuing learning about this fascinating part of the world with some of these books! I also hope to travel to Uzbekistan this year and see some of these sites in person
Thank you! Yea, Uzbekistan has the best historical architecture Imo, especially Timur's tomb. If you can get to it, Osh in Kyrgyzstan is an interesting city. Not much in the way of historical sites, but the Suleiman-Too mountain is super fun to climb on and the city has much more of an exotic Silk Road feel than any Uzbek city, all of which felt quite controlled.
Fantastic list. One or two of these are definitely going into my to-read list for this year (I thoroughly enjoyed Beckwith's book on Tibet - read on your recommendation - so I'm excited to engage with his broader treatment of the steppe). You're one of the leading Substack historians and I look forwards to another year of your poasting
Thank you!!
Great list, I'll definitely check out at one of them, and I started reading Beast, Men, and Gods. Peace
Thank you
Your welcome.
Very neat, look forward to checking some of these out. And thank you for the qualified defense of Fukuyama. Everyone gets him wrong!
Thank you! Yes, they really do. I was surprised by how good it was honestly. Fukuyama is surprising perceptive
Great list, Man and Technics really is a great primer for reading Jacques Ellul. Also, the new edition of The Hour of Decision with the forward by John David Ebert is great,
Thanks, I will check them out