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Hamilton Rolls Forward, Firing His Laser Eyes
Identity at work. Adam Elkus makes a few interesting observations on Zenpundit’s Kilcullen Doctrine post. These inspired a few thoughts: What we as Americans excel at are technical solutions an… more →
The Committee of Public Safety
Common Errors (22): Pericles
Jona Lendering wrote 2 weeks ago: Fragment of the Athenian Tribute List, 425-424 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) In 431 BCE … more →
Read better books
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Alamanach wrote 3 weeks ago: A counterinsurgent's bookshelf Books are generally a waste of time. Most books are not worth the … more →
The Evolution of Greek Military Practice and its Social Impact
hinotora wrote 1 month ago: From the Mycenaean to the Persian Wars, war in Greek society was essential for the survival of their … more →
Hamilton Rolls Forward, Firing His Laser Eyes
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josephfouche wrote 1 month ago: Identity at work. Adam Elkus makes a few interesting observations on Zenpundit’s Kilcullen Do … more →
Sybota
Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: A Greek hoplite preparing for war In 445, Athens and Sparta put an end to a war that had lasted fift … more →
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time
Anthony David wrote 1 month ago: There’s a story I go to in the Hebrew Bible when I’m in the midst of adversity, and I’m fighting for … more →
Fighting Talk
josephfouche wrote 1 month ago: Fighting Talk Colin S. Gray’s Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy should … more →
Amends Without Battle
temp wrote 2 months ago: Origins of War “In the fifth century B.C…. Thucydides provided a clearer, more profound, mor … more →
Stop Digging
josephfouche wrote 2 months ago: In the hole If you’re in a hole, the first thing to do, it is said, is to stop digging. It … more →
Performing Thucydides
rogueclassicist wrote 3 months ago: This one was mentioned on the Classics list last week but I didn’t note by whom (apologies) … more →
Political absenteeism in ancient Athens
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stoa wrote 4 months ago: The vastly celebrated Athenian democracy, still nowadays almost unanimously considered as the moth … more →
What is War? III
josephfouche wrote 4 months ago: What is war? A reformulation of the last post’s definition: War is a strategy to make the enem … more →
My New Kindle 2
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Rene Tyree wrote 4 months ago: My new Amazon Kindle 2 I took the plunge and bought an Amazon Kindle 2. This was a tough decision be … more →
Minoan Thalassocracy
severalfourmany wrote 4 months ago: Sun Feb 22 00:32:59 2009 Lacking any decipherable contemporary documents we are dependent on later w … more →
On Kawara Postscript: Qfwfq Reads the News
the power wrote 5 months ago: Not QFWFQ Participating in One Million Years inspired me to read Jeff Wall’s essay, “Monochrome and … more →
Can a storyteller make stuff up?
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andreaskluth wrote 5 months ago: Truman Capote making stuff up The book manuscript that I’ve just sent off to my editor at Rive … more →
Jimmy the Weep on Russia
mulout wrote 5 months ago: Speaking of history, Thucydides the Greek (or more pronouncedly known to myself as Jimmy the Weep) w … more →
pisateli wrote 6 months ago: We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Thucydides (c. 460 B.C. – c. 395 B. … more →
Comprehensive Bibliography of Military History
josephfouche wrote 6 months ago: I’m in the process of listening to a series of lectures made by the Foreign Policy Research In … more →
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