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A Classical Reading List for a Postmodern History Buff
© 2018 James LaFond
SEP/15/18
I was speaking to a 21-year-old man who has a flaming interested in history, specifically military history. He has not read ancient literature, and since the normal recommendation is to read philosophy and poetry, I thought to frame a recommended reading list for him that fit his focus, certain that the ancients would agree. The list is chronological, with the below authors literally building on one another.
-1. Herodotus, Histories [Inquiries]: a lively narrative with untrustworthy numbers but setting a reasonably accurate picture of geopolitics circa 500-470 B.C.
-2. Thucydides, The Pelloponesian [Red-face-island] War: possibly the best military history written by a combatant
-3. Xenophon, The Anabasis [Journey-down-to-the-sea]: The Lawrence of Arabia of his time finishes Thucydides history and then recounts, firsthand, the adventure of 10,000 mercenaries fighting their way free from the heart of a massive empire.
-4. Polybius [Many-books]: This Greek writer under Roman sponsorship attempted a history of the military conflicts in the wake of Alexander’s death and before the rise of Rome to rule the Middle Sea. The number of profiles of military leaders, from regimental to army commanders, is staggering.
Bob's link from below:
Taboo You: Deluxe Man Cave Edition
Indentured Servants
histories
‘Much Addicted to Women’
eBook
book of nightmares
eBook
when you're food
eBook
the greatest lie ever sold
eBook
dark, distant futures
eBook
the gods of boxing
eBook
cracker-boy
eBook
let the world fend for itself
eBook
the fighting edge
eBook
ranger?
eBook
taboo you
eBook
orphan nation
eBook
fanatic
eBook
the sunset saga complete
eBook
advent america
eBook
uncle satan
eBook
predation
eBook
songs of aryas
eBook
under the god of things
eBook
logic of steel
eBook
the first boxers
eBook
honor among men
eBook
your trojan whorse
eBook
into leviathan’s maw
eBook
broken dance
eBook
within leviathan’s craw
eBook
night city
eBook
song of the secret gardener
eBook
son of a lesser god
eBook
on combat
eBook
america the brutal
eBook
sorcerer!
eBook
fiction anthology one
eBook
fate
eBook
masculine axis
eBook
hate
eBook
thriving in bad places
eBook
barbarism versus civilization
eBook
triumph
eBook
the lesser angels of our nature
eBook
the greatest boxer
eBook
wife—
eBook
the year the world took the z-pill
eBook
logic of force
eBook
z-pill forever
eBook
beasts of aryas
eBook
blue eyed daughter of zeus
eBook
menthol rampage
eBook
all-power-fighting
eBook
time & cosmos
eBook
on the overton railroad
eBook
by the wine dark sea
eBook
winter of a fighting life
eBook
the combat space
eBook
sons of aryas
eBook
solo boxing
Bob     Sep 15, 2018

A classic but not a Classic with excellent insights on separatism and secession. Lessons for the waning Western Nation State.

youtube.com/watch?v=It58NNdiLK0

PDF:

tinyurl.com/ybcn2fln
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