All of this makes the book commendable and definitely worth reading.
The variety of the chapters is in many ways a commendable asset.
The commendable diversity of perspectives in the volume is also one of the book's weaknesses, however.
This is a commendable piece of scholarship which argues something genuinely new by mixing an impressively broad canvas and a fascinating wealth of detail.
This action is commendable and should be followed by other guideline authorities.
This is all highly commendable and to be emulated.
The series is a commendable concept: valid, timely and holistic.
It may well be that the perils of present-minded history, in this instance driven by the commendable aspiration to combat fearsome tendencies, compromise conceptual rigor.