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I'm enamored with Carnage and Culture, a book covering nine battles through the history of western civilization and attempting (rather...

The book I'm reading now was given to me by a friend, and it's called Carnage and Culture. It looks at nine battles where 'western'...

For what should be the last time (I finished the Roberts book) I'm writing a Napoleon-centric post, though I can't promise there won't be...

Well I'm still tackling Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts, and as always not making enough time to read. Even missing a lot of context...

Everyone hopefully already knows the basics of Napoleon. He became dictator of France and conquered most of Europe before finally being...

I finally finished Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. To be honest, I'm embarrassed it took so long. After starting on our Florida...

Ok, I can finally write the post that spurred me to actually start a blog. From Undaunted Courage, written by Stephen Ambrose, chapter 9...