tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145942.post113260995663410813..comments2023-05-31T08:16:14.047-07:00Comments on Armchair Intellectual: Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806423185226885594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145942.post-1133757703635471612005-12-04T20:41:00.000-08:002005-12-04T20:41:00.000-08:00I don't understand your point. Do you think the tw...I don't understand your point. Do you think the two are mutually exclusive? I am not intimately familiar with Schlesinger's work. I am going by what Codevilla describes in his article. Based on his description I would say Schlesinger is both a historian and a liberal apologist.Gideonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806423185226885594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145942.post-1133738376578159092005-12-04T15:19:00.000-08:002005-12-04T15:19:00.000-08:00do you think Arthur Schlesinger was a historian or...do you think Arthur Schlesinger was a historian or a liberal apologist???Mr. Freerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711945966349109298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145942.post-1132803247817687342005-11-23T19:34:00.000-08:002005-11-23T19:34:00.000-08:00"Dead enemies are the firm foundations of peace"I ..."Dead enemies are the firm foundations of peace"<BR/><BR/>I just read the book "Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napolean" by military historian B H Little Heart. It is about the Roman Gerneral who kicked the crap out of Hanibal in the 2nd Punic War. And the quote above reminded me so much of Scipio's philosophy of war. The Roman Republic should be studied and its approach to war should be emulatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com