This book was a great introduction to the Punic wars and Republican Rome. The reason I really enjoyed this book, other than the subject matter, is the fact that the author pays due reverence to fighting men. Rather than condemning the ancients for their barbarity and war mongering O'Connell tri...
As I made my way through 'Fierce Patriot', I knew that I enjoyed this book--it was about one of my favourite figures in all of American history, one whom I really didn't know a great deal outside of the major events of his life--but I kept wishing it were better.When I was teaching, I always had ...
“Hannibal knows many things, but Rome knows one big thing,” the Greek might have proposed. To which Berlin might have replied, “Perhaps at the outset. But then the fox could get stuck in a rut, and the hedgehog might learn new tricks.” This would have been the Second Punic War epitomized.It has b...