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Asculumistan3 comments

dcrowe wrote 2 months ago: Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. Learn how … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Deaths, Troop Deaths, war costs, pyrrhic victory, Asculum

If we won in Iraq, what did we win? Was it worth the cost?25 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: Summary:  Correctly understanding what happened in Iraq, and its consequences, is of extreme importa … more →

Tags: America's Long War, Iraq / Afghanistan, atomic weapons, chemical weapons, democracy, iraq, Iraq War, joint center for operational analysis, Kurdistan

Killzone 2

Mike wrote 5 months ago: Developer: Guerilla Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment HD Resolution: 720p, 1080i HDD Spac … more →

Tags: Game Reviews, alpha team, Dante Garza, Evelyn Batton, Helghan, Helghast, ISA, Jan Templar, Mael Radec

ULYSSES pp. 24-30, "Nestor"7 comments

voreblog wrote 6 months ago: by BEN VORE I have attempted to replicate Jerry’s Eric’s exemplary twreading skills. (Em … more →

Tags: Reading Ulysses, Nestor, John Hodgman, Aristotle, deasy, hurling

Pyrrhus meets Rome; the world takes note6 comments

andreaskluth wrote 9 months ago: Let me now start to unravel some of the mysteries I have been setting up in my recent thread about C … more →

Tags: Carthage, History, Rome, Epirus, Hellenism, Hellenistic era, Maps, phalanx, Plutarch

The father of biography

andreaskluth wrote 1 year ago: Plutarch Let’s get back to the bibliography for my book. Right now–while we’re sti … more →

Tags: Biography, Books, Fabius, Hannibal, History, Life, Rome, Scipio, Alexander the Great

Pyrrhic victories2 comments

andreaskluth wrote 1 year ago: Heard about my victory? You’ve heard of Pyrrhic Victories, which are defeats disguised as triu … more →

Tags: Biography, Hannibal, History, Life, Rome, Alexander the Great, Cineas, Epirus, Maps

Hannibal's Elephants3 comments

Anuraag Sanghi wrote 1 year ago: Hannibal's Elephants Hannibal’s Campaign Against Rome In 218 BC, Hannibal from Carthage (n … more →

Tags: european history, History, media, African elephants, alexander of macedon, Carthage, Cyrus The Great, Elephants In Zoroasterianism, Hannibal

Military History Phrase of the Day: A Pyrrhic Victory

Rene Tyree wrote 1 year ago: I ran across the phrase “A Pyrrhic Victory” this evening in reference to the Battle of G … more →

Tags: American Revolution, Military History, Allan R. Millett, Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Cornwallis, Nathaniel Greene, Charles Earl Cornwallis, A Pyrrhic victory, Pyrrhus of Epirus

Guest post: On war elephants and squealing pigs

xae wrote 2 years ago: In line with my previous post, here’s another trivia about romans courtesy of Choops – I … more →

Tags: Civilisation, animals, Guest Post, History, Elephants, pigs, roman war, battle, pyrrhic victory

Victory Strategy Anyone?

lichanos wrote 2 years ago: There is a lot of talk about how W has no “exit strategy” for Iraq, and, of course, how … more →

Tags: iraq, fiasco

Lost And Found (Part III): A Pyrrhic Victory6 comments

The Done Thing wrote 2 years ago: Sunday  In 280 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus masterminded unlikely victories over the Romans in battles … more →


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