Of history, warfare, leadership, and alcohol
Weird, just the other day it was July and I was thinking that my book review post wouldn't be colossally late again. Yet, here we are, unaccountably in September and I'm still writing about June. Time is a construct and I am against it. Still, we press on. Maybe, unlike the US strike on Iran …
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Reader, in an attempt to break out of my writer's malaise (sounds far better than "writer's block," doesn't it?), I am going to break one of my cardinal rules as a blogger: not reviewing books. See, once you start reviewing books, it becomes an expectation. And once something is expected of you, it stops being …
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As many of you know - and are no doubt really excited for - next years begins the semiquincentennial of the Revolutionary War here in the United States. Or, for those of us who have trouble with a jawbreaker like that, the 250th anniversary. Now, a bunch of you - not, not you of course, …
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As we move through the centenary of the U.S. experience in World War I, I've had several people ask me for book recommendations on the topic. Which is tough, because when someone generally asks me for recommendations my head goes blank and I mutter something about "Good Omens" (seriously, phenomenal book, nothing to do with …
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Summer means many things: vacation, lazy days by the beach, cook-outs, and the smell of freshly mowed lawns. Or it means yet another NTC rotation, another deployment, a PCS move, or other less-fun Army experiences. Whether you're burying your toes in the sand on the beach or trying to get the sand out of your …
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