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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] provocative argument . . . As a critique of prevailing modes of thinking about global politics,
Empires of the Weak succeeds admirably."
---Alan Mikhail, New York Times Book Review"Without assuming prior knowledge,
Empires of the Weak, demonstrates the problems with the theoretical assumptions of the military revolution thesis."
---Sarah Kinkel, Times Higher Education"Sharman builds a provocative, yet cogent argument, wide-ranging and readable."
---Ephraim Nissan, Quaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei"[
Empires of the Weak is] intellectually challenging and makes observers think about where they stand before they call in their bets on the sweep of history. . . . people who are willing to challenge their views . . . should relish the book."
---I. William Zartman, Rest Journal"An interesting and thought-provoking narrative. . . . Empires of the Weak is a valuable addition to the underrepresented topic of non-Western military history as part of the growing literature on the underlying causes of the great divergence from the vantage point of global military and political history."
---Kaveh Yazdani, International Review of Social History
