Currahee Chris
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Today I just finished the second of several books I have lined up for reading before my expedition to Germany and the Kalkriese battlefield. This book is titled "The Battle that stopped Rome". It was written by Peter Wells, published in 2003. ISBN 978-0-393-32643-7
The book is logically structured with a chapter on Arminius, a chapter on Varus, Augustus, etc. It is a fairly quick read. He gives some very graphic details of the killing zone, leaving me to wonder exactly how he came up with those details. He takes a decidedly Pro-German stance (IMO) throughout the book so the reader needs to be cautious of that. He also seems to describe events that seem to go against much of what has been accepted as fact with the battle and it's aftermath.
Still, it is a pretty good read though I do believe there are some other books on this battle that are better (in my opinion Rome's Greatest Defeat by Adrian Murdoch is my favorite).
The book is logically structured with a chapter on Arminius, a chapter on Varus, Augustus, etc. It is a fairly quick read. He gives some very graphic details of the killing zone, leaving me to wonder exactly how he came up with those details. He takes a decidedly Pro-German stance (IMO) throughout the book so the reader needs to be cautious of that. He also seems to describe events that seem to go against much of what has been accepted as fact with the battle and it's aftermath.
Still, it is a pretty good read though I do believe there are some other books on this battle that are better (in my opinion Rome's Greatest Defeat by Adrian Murdoch is my favorite).