Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest During Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty

All I can say really I have not yet had the moment yet to read the text however I placed my hands on the book and my intuition tells me it is really informative and gives an accurate picture of events during Late Eighteenth Dynasty you better believe me I am looking forward to taking time out to enjoy reading this lovely book.

An interesting book, bringing unknown facts, at least to me, of the way things were. He is a good writer and full of information, but he is a little stilted in the way he writes. Enjoyable though.

well put together and constructive. a good value book.

I can thoroughly recommend this book, based as it is on the authors' joint study of Egyptian New Kingdom military history. Don't be misled by the title - the book covers actions both before and after King Tut, with especial reference to Akhenaten and the Amarna period leading up to Tutankhamun's reign.I was mainly drawn to this book for the content on the Asiatic scene, but have found the discussions of Egyptian forays and methods of control over Nubia equally fascinating, especially learning how the sheer geography of the region has steered military history not just in the ancient world but through into the British Empire's actions in the same area.Their conclusions on Akhenaten - both his military activities and the religious thinking that lay behind it - will come as a surprise to many, but are solidly based on modern research, and are thoroughly documented for those who want to go back to the source material and check things out for themselves.All in all a great book which I have no hesitation in recommending to others. Darnell and Manassa have successfully rewritten their scholarly research into a very accessible volume with potentially a much wider audience. If you are at all interested in current thinking on the military and political scene in the Amarna period and shortly after, this is definitely a book for you.