@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)

One of the (many) things that disgusts me about pro-Russia types, is the argument that Western people are being required to make big sacrifices. All we’re being asked to do is empty our pockets of lo… (View Post)

Thank you. Yes, there is some truth in it. But, ancient and modern writers have given the idea far more merit than it deserves. (View Post)