Благодарности

Этому проекту помогли воплотиться многие исследователи, ученые и друзья. За экспертное мнение, полезные ссылки, критическую поддержку и/или значимые комментарии я благодарю Аарона Бауэра, Стива Кейси, Скотта Чесуорта, Саймона Коттона, Каве Фарроха, Лори Хэмлетт, Кайла Харпера, Сохаила Хашми, Артура Кивени, Уилла Кинера, Джона Келсея, Милтона Лейтенберга, Майка Лоудса, Джона Ма, Мишель Маскилл, Дэвида Медоуза, Антуанетту Моррис, Иэна Морриса, Роберта Мерфи, Джозайю Обера, Роберта Питерсона, Сергея Попова, Дэвида Рафферти, Рошни Раджадораи, Джулиана Перри Робинсона, Полу Саффир, Александра Самуэля, Джека Сэссона, Роуз Мэри Шелдон, Мэтта Саймонтона, Барри Страусса, Филипа Тибодо, Тода Тодескини, Долорес Уркиди, Кэтлин Фогель, Филипа Векслера и Марка Уилиса. Спасибо Мишель Эйнджел за создание прекрасных новых карт.

Я благодарна за то, что мой научный интерес к раскрытию потаенных глубин классических легенд получил на очень ранней стадии поддержку от Джеральда Эриксона, Уильяма Хансена и Генриетты Уорвик. Спасибо журналам MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History (осень 1997 года) и Archaeology (ноябрь – декабрь 1995 и март – апрель 1997), опубликовавшим некоторые материалы моего предварительного исследования античного неконвенционального оружия и тактик.

Особая благодарность моему прекрасному агенту Андреа Кавальяро из Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency за передачу дополненного издания этой книги в руки великолепного редактора Роба Темпио в моем любимом издательстве. Я благодарю также за проницательные и конструктивные предложения по внесению изменений в текст и библиографию анонимных рецензентов из издательства Princeton University Press. Хочу также поблагодарить сотрудников издательства: Дмитрия Каретникова – за советы в области искусства, Лорен Липоу – за блестящее литературное редактирование, Криса Ферранте – за прекрасный дизайн обложки.

Вечная благодарность Джозайе Оберу, спутнику моей жизни.

Да продлится наш разговор как можно дольше.

Библиография

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