Gianni Riotta

Not a book I would have expected to like very much, military history not being a big passion of mine. But I did like it--a lot. The discussions of historic battles between the historian and his student were quite interesting, as was the connection between military strategy and life. And the book as a whole was quite moving.

5 stelle all'uomo e al giocatore. 1 a Riotta. Che si crede anche un gran giornalista, ma è palloso come pochi. Il libro è confuso nella narrazione proprio come lo è lo scrivere di Riotta. Ma Zanetti è un grand'uomo, e questo è incontrovertibile

Initially I was struggling a bit with the slightly ploddy descriptions of ancient battles, but eventually the story got going and I was gripped and ultimately found it very moving.