Kaveh FarrokhDR KAVEH FARROKH has been researching the military history and technology of Persia for a quarter of a century. He obtained his PhD in 2001 from the University of British Columbia, and is ranked among the world’s top experts of the military history o ancient Persia and his articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals. He has written four previous books on Persian military history. The second, Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War (Osprey, 2007) was translated into Russian and Persian, received the Best History Book Award of 2008 and was cited as among the top 3 history books of 2008 by the Independent Book Publishers Association in the USA. He is also the author of Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians (Pen & Sword, 2017). Read More Read Less