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G8 Power–American Muscle Re-Invented
When Ford re-introduced the retro Mustang to the American public in 2005, the muscle car era began anew. Since that time, GM and MOPAR have joined the renewed exuberance for American muscle by producing a retro Charger, Challenger, and Camaro. These vehicles invoke thoughts of the late 1960s and early 70s gasoline chugging, horsepower monsters. With the exception of the Charger, all of [...]
Review: Azar Gat–A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War
Gat, Azar. A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Few books on military history provide the reader with a comprehensive perspective on military theory, war, strategy and the intellectual origins of each. As the historian and social critic M.E. Bradford observed “Ideas have [...]
Review: John Keegan–A History of Warfare
Keegan, John. A History of Warfare. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.
In his monumental study On War, Carl von Clausewitz argued war was the continuation of politics. His thesis has for almost two centuries been the basis of scholarly work on the subject of war. In fact, military historians spend considerable text verifying or refuting [...]
Greetings
Brion McClanahan received a B.A. in History from Salisbury University in 1997 and an M.A. in History from the University of South Carolina in 1999. He finished his Ph.D. in History at the University of South Carolina in 2006, and had the privilege of being Clyde Wilson’s last doctoral student. His first book, The Politically [...]
Review: Michael Howard–Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction
Howard, Michael. Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Few military thinkers have received as much scholarly attention as Karl von Clausewitz. His impact on the course of Western Civilization and military history is profound; however, because of his status, Clausewitz is possibly the most misinterpreted and misunderstood military mind in the [...]
Progressive Taxes the American Tradition?
I found a curious article on the bottom front fold of the newspaper this morning. The headline read “Spreading the Wealth Tradition in U.S.” Charles Babington of the A.P. wrote the piece in an apparent attempt to justify Barack Obama’s recent comment that “spreading the wealth” was a cornerstone of his economic theory. Babington, a [...]
