Archive for the 'ancient history'
May 10th, 2013 by zen
Adam Elkus has a lengthy and meaty post at Abu...
Read morePosted in A.E., academia, analytic, ancient history, book, historians, history, intellectuals, military, military history, politics, reading, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, war, warriors | 12 comments
March 26th, 2013 by zen
This is the second in a series of posts regarding...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, ancient history, atheists, authors, book, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, democracy, historians, history, humanities, ideas, intellectuals, myth, nuance / subtlety, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, symbolism, theory | 5 comments
March 19th, 2013 by zen
“Beware the Ides of March” T. Greer...
Read morePosted in analytic, ancient history, blogging, blogosphere, dictator, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legal, legitimacy, politics, roman empire, sic semper tyrannis, state failure, terrorism, Uncategorized | 3 comments
February 14th, 2013 by zen
Recently, I finished two books on the iconic...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, ancient history, book, culture, debate, democracy, extremists, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, myth, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, question, reading, Uncategorized | 7 comments
November 6th, 2012 by zen
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, ancient history, Archaeology, authors, book, democracy, empire, greece, historians, history, military, military history, navy, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 2 comments
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