The Ancient World was not, as sometimes imagined, a paradise for gay men. All good points. People will fight far more ferociously in defence of their home turf, than in a foreign land, where they are… (View Post)

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@Foxy I found Max Boot's Invisible Armies, a very interesting read. It considers why some gueriilla movements succeed and others fail (guerillas usually lose, in fact). "Hearts and Minds&qu… (View Post)

Sparta has been hugely overrated. I would place it in the category of “sick societies.” (View Post)

Thank you. The Russian outlook is that everywhere that was once ruled by Russia is theirs. (View Post)