How accurate is Edward Luttwak's " Grand Strategy of the Roman Empere" considered?

by BigManWithABigBeard

Currently reading it at the moment. I feel like he speaks with more certainty on a lot of issues than the amount of primary sources we have would permit. Is the book well rated in academic circles?

slightly_offtopic

It would be interesting to see more recent perspectives on this, but in the meantime you can have a look at this old thread where u/Tiako and u/Iguana_on_a_stick discuss some criticisms of Luttwak.

bigfridge224

I posted briefly about this a little while ago here, including a link to a recent peer review of Luttwak's 2016 edition. Happy to go into more detail if you want!