Anyway, it's a straightforward military narrative written by a key figure, and refreshingly clear even two millennia later. Worth the reread.
The Battle for Gaul, by Julius Caesar
Anyway, it's a straightforward military narrative written by a key figure, and refreshingly clear even two millennia later. Worth the reread.
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January 2011 books
This is the latest post in a series I started in late 2019, anticipating the twentieth anniversary of my bookblogging which will fall in 2023. Every…
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Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, by Stephen Zunes and Jacob Mundy
Second paragraph of third chapter (and it's a long one, sorry): The background to this logic is simple enough. There has long been a fear among…
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Hugely important European court ruling on Western Sahara
In my last job, I got very much engaged in the issue of Western Sahara - the territory in northwest Africa which was abandoned by Spain in 1975 and…
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