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Original Sin
I own most of noted British military historian John Keegan’s books except a few. Keegan has written some indisputable classics of military history like The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, T… more →
The Committee of Public Safety
Original Sin
josephfouche wrote 3 weeks ago: I own most of noted British military historian John Keegan’s books except a few. Keegan has wr … more →
Promised Land, Crusader State: Liberty, or Exceptionalism, or the Division Between Heaven and Hell
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josephfouche wrote 1 month ago: The first principle Walter McDougall proposes as part of his “Old Testament” of American … more →
Armstrongs
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josephfouche wrote 1 month ago: Armstrong Coat of Arms Tom Moss made this (otherwise buried) comment on my Steven Pressfield inspire … more →
For Whom the Bell Dengs, It Dengs for Lee
josephfouche wrote 1 month ago: Charlie Rose interviewed the former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew the other night. Rose a … more →
The Battle John Brown's Body Burning School
josephfouche wrote 2 months ago: An interesting line of historical development from one great song of liberation to another, starting … more →
Xenophon Roundtable: Politics in a Bottle
josephfouche wrote 2 months ago: Carl von Clausewitz famously asserted that war is the continuation of political intercourse with the … more →
Xenophon Roundtable: The Shadow of Herodotus
josephfouche wrote 3 months ago: Cunaxa is an interesting counter-point to the three traditional pillars of Herodotus’s Histori … more →
Theory and Strategy: A More Complete Bookshelf
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josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: Lexington Green sent me this research guide from the Joint Services Command and Staff College Librar … more →
In a Debateable Land
josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: The Prince of Ghor The first American to enter Afghanistan was one Josiah Harlan. During a conversat … more →
Razzia
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josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: Where's the beef? There is an ongoing tug of war in the U.S. Armed Forces between two factions t … more →
A Roundtable Up Country, Now With Updates
josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: From Lexington Green over at ChicagoBoyz: The revised schedule is for our roundtable on Xenophon’s A … more →
More Cruelty to Anti-Libraries: More Military History Bibliographies
josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: I ran across this military history bibliography by John A. Lynn. Lynn has written such notable works … more →
The Earliest Historical Figure
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josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: The Scorpion King I was interested one evening in finding out who was the first historical figure ba … more →
Who Was Right?
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josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: View This Pollpolls … more →
Let Us Pause...
josephfouche wrote 5 months ago: And remember what this day stands for with one of the great Independence Day speeches: Good morning. … more →
The Soviet Package of Liberty
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josephfouche wrote 6 months ago: Many Rhodes Blood thought he knew the native mind; He said you must be firm, but kind. A mutiny resu … more →
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
josephfouche wrote 6 months ago: There’s two parallel narratives in a recent talk at Duke’s American Grand Strategy Progr … more →
Strategy: Who Done and How Done It
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josephfouche wrote 7 months ago: In looking to close America’s strategy gap, we might start by looking backwards. A review of s … more →
A Roundtable Up Country, Now With Detail
josephfouche wrote 7 months ago: Ahsan asks, in reference to the upcoming Anabasis Xenophon Roundtable: What is the recommended way t … more →
