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I will say up front that I have read every book by Stephen King. He generally hits it out of the park but he has had some books that I just hated, Gerald’s Game and The Dark Tower Series come immediately… Continue Reading →
I just want to apologize for the lack of recent posts. I have had semester finals recently and have understandably I think, concentrated on those to the detriment of MHUS. I hope to rectify that soon. To my loyal readers,… Continue Reading →
I have been pondering why modern Westernized man has such a problem successfully waging war for a few days and had a breakthrough recently. Before we can really get to that, a few brief thoughts are in order. First, what… Continue Reading →
The Return of Pallywood in the current fighting in Gaza You know, this has inspired me to start thinking and I will probably put together a piece addressing 20th-21st Century Unconventional Warfare and the nexus played by the media in… Continue Reading →
Happy Veterans Day! To all my fellow veterans, I say thank you for your service and dedication in protecting this great nation from her enemies, both foreign and domestic
I read The Reagan Diaries when they first came out and had occasion to reread them not long ago when I had nothing better to do.  I mainly read the book, not because I am a rabid Reagan conservative, although I… Continue Reading →
Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, is one of the best economic histories I have read.  It seeks to be a global history of money and does a good job of it.  It is somewhat… Continue Reading →
I had the opportunity to visit Leipzig this past weekend and while there stopped briefly by the monument to the 1813 Battle of the Nations from the Napoleonic Wars. Â At the Battle of the Nations the Sixth Coalition consisting of… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the publisher for purposes of reviewing it. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] The Color of War is one of… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the publisher for purposes of reviewing it. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] Road to Valor is the story of… Continue Reading →
Saw this interesting little bit of history this morning and figure I would take a photo. This has less to do with warfare itself than with the aftermath of war. This is a plaque dedicated to the role that Bayreuth,… Continue Reading →
The town in Germany where I live has what is actually a rarity among German war memorials. It has a memorial to the dead of the Franco-Prussian War. Of course, they have the obligatory WWI and II memorial… Continue Reading →
This improbable tale of brave rabbits is a classic and one of the best stories I have ever read. It first came out in the seventies and a movie adaptation was made in 1978 by the BBC. It… Continue Reading →
I received notification this morning that my first Peer-Reviewed article has been accepted for publication. It is an annotated bibliography of Frederick the Great for Oxford University Press (OUP) Online and it has taken me awhile to write it… Continue Reading →
Book Review: Countdown: H Hour by Tom Kratman
Countdown: H Hour is the third installment in the Countdown series, hopefully there are plenty more still to come as this just built onto the already strong premise of the first two books. This book happens at the same… Continue Reading →