Category: Books
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Lacking posts
Lots of stuff to post on, just too busy lately to do it. Do take a look at the this very long profile/interview of Robert Kaplan in streaming RealVideo. The latest issue of the Atlantic has arrived, I hope to post about the best bits over the weekend.
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Viriathus vs Rome
Viriathus is a name I had not come across before, but reading about him in The Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyzsak, he is certainly someone I won’t forget. Viriathus was perhaps one of Iberia’a greatest military leaders. He succeeded in defeating the Roman army on several occassions, until he was eventually betrayed. The story…
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Against All Enemies
I managed to read most of Richard Clarke’s book, Against All Enemies, on the train back from Dublin. I finished the last couple of chapters this evening. Regardless of his views, it is a great read – almost more like a Tom Clancy book than a look inside the counter-terrorism heads in Washington. There are…
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More new books
Recently had delivered from Amazon, Dan Gillmor, We the Media Hugh Hewitt, Blog Two blogging bibles! Update: Hello Hewitt readers! 🙂 I will be writing up a review of his book shortly. Feel free to look around this Irish blog.
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New books
Despite my poor efforts in reading of late, I have recently purchased more books. Perhaps this will prompt me to improve my reading habits. The new books are: Richard Clarke, Against All Enemies Philip Matyszak, The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibul to Attila the Hun Niall Ferguson, Colossus Joseph Stiglitz, Globalisation and its Discontents, Bill…
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Currently reading
I have switched from the always interesting Caesar to Homer’s Illiad, a book I have been meaning to read for all too long. I plan to take notes on the book and blog as I go. Plans don’t always work out though.
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New books
Some new books arrived this week, I am buying lots but not reading near as much as I should. Peter was complaining that I am still reading Rubicon – I am just spending too much time online folks. Charles Kupchan, The End of the American Era, Knopf 2003. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly…
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Michael Moore is a big fat stupid white man
The Economist has some stinging criticism of the collection of essays that make up the new book, Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, two bloggers. I can only agree with the Economist’s position. Although I have not read the book, I have a good idea…