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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting, fast paced. Not a complete biography as it's a military profile, but a good intro.
Published on April 27, 2009 by Bob D
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Boring with some major blunders
The author uses only English-language sources, ignoring the many important primary documents that have not been translated from Spanish (and Nahuatl) into English. More seriously, he ignores most of the scholarly literature on Motecuhzoma, Cortes and the conquest of the Aztecs. This lead to a big mistake that undermines much of his discussion of Motecuhzoma: Recent...
Published on May 31, 2006 by Michael E. Smith
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Boring with some major blunders,
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This review is from: Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Potomac Books' Military Profiles) (Paperback)
The author uses only English-language sources, ignoring the many important primary documents that have not been translated from Spanish (and Nahuatl) into English. More seriously, he ignores most of the scholarly literature on Motecuhzoma, Cortes and the conquest of the Aztecs. This lead to a big mistake that undermines much of his discussion of Motecuhzoma: Recent scholarship shows that the notion that Motecuhzoma and other Aztecs believed Cortes to be the returning god Quetzalcoatl was a post-conquest fabrication. This changes our understanding of the Aztec emperor and his interaction with Cortes.
The recent scholarship is summarized in: Townsend, Camilla (2003) Burying the White Gods: New Perspectives on the Conquest of Mexico. American Historical Review 108:659-687. For the full argument see: Gillespie, Susan D. (1989) The Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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This review is from: Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Potomac Books' Military Profiles) (Paperback)
Interesting, fast paced. Not a complete biography as it's a military profile, but a good intro.
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Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Potomac Books' Military Profiles) by Peter G. Tsouras (Hardcover - October 15, 2005)
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