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Lendering fails to mention
the endorsement by Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye of Farrokh’s
book. Professor Frye is the world’s premier scholar of Iranica with over 40 years of research
and publications to his credit.
He read Farrokh’s book and agreed to write the foreword of that text.
Simply put: one of the world’s most distinguished scholars of Iranica has fully acknowledged
Farrokh’s book and put this in writing: “In
this book Dr. Kaveh Farrokh has given us the Persian side of the picture
as opposed to the Greek and Roman viewpoint which has long dominated
our understanding of these wars. It is refreshing to see the other perspective,
and Dr. Farrokh sheds light on many Persian institutions in this history,
such as the Sassanian elite cavalry, the “Savaran”.
Osprey Publishing is to be congratulated for publishing “Shadows
in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War”, which presents another aspect
of the wars between East and West in ancient times” Lendering fails to explain why his views on Farrokh’s
text so strongly contradict Professor Frye. Technically speaking this
would mean that Lendering is simply ignoring Professor Frye. This is
a brave task given the vast academic chasm
(with respect to Iranica) that lies between his distinguished self and
Professor Frye. Lendering in essence rejects Professor Frye’s assessment
of Farrokh, thereby questioning his judgement. This perspective is analogous
to a Physics undergraduate who believes his judgement to be superior
to that of the late Nobel prize Laureate, Professor Albert Einstein.
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