Reviews for The second battlefield

The average rating for The second battlefield based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-09-29 00:00:00 Shane Benally Very detailed exposition of the history of ancient China. The author described many spheres of life such as, for example, the management of the ancient empire, religion (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam), folk gods, family, agriculture and construction, handicrafts. The book is built as a reference book with a step-by-step description on behalf of the author. The book is read for a long time, I will not say that it was super interesting, but the book is useful for general development. I think reading about modern China would be inescapable. But this is my personal point of view. ------------------ Очень подробное изложени истории древнего Китая. Автор описал много сфер жизни такие, например, как: управление древней империей, религии (конфуцианство, даосизм, буддийство, ислам), народные боги, семья, сельское хозяйство и строительство, ремеслиничество. Книга построенная как справочник с поэтапным описанием от имени автора. Книга читается долго, не скажу что было супер интересно, но книга полезная для общего развития. Думаю читать про современный Китай было бы инетерсно. Но это лично моя точка зрения. I read this book on Google Books by Readlax Chrome Extension

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-28 00:00:00 James Chambers In this non-fiction book, journalist Fox Butterfield describes living in China in the early 80s. It covers his own experiences as well as life stories gathered from his Chinese friends, acquaintances, and interviewees. Pros: -Rich detail -Interesting stories -Broad range of focus that gave a feel for life at many different levels of society, different locations, different ages, etc -The book covered personal stories from The Chinese Revolution, The Great Leap Forward, and The Cultural Revolution which broadened my understanding of China's history in the 20th century Cons: -This is not really the book's fault, but reading it now when the information is more than 25 years old, it's hard to know how to process the information or what to do with it (I got this book for free because it is so out-of-date) -I wasn't completely sure how much credence to give the overall picture that Butterfield painted -The book felt a little too long and was dragging a little by the end