On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:06:58 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:05:06 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:


I recall hearing a Professor of History at the US Naval Academy
telling of having one of his students come back after graduation,
Of
all the parts of his education to become a Marine Officer, the one
class he found most relevant when in Afghanistan, was the class on
the
history of the Peloponnesian war. From that, he had gained an
introduction to tribal societies, their conflicts, and how they
tended
to work. Probably the only 'practical thing' he'd learned that
wasn't
a "military science".

Very interesting. That's one of the freebie books available on
Kindle
which I downloaded but haven't gotten around to reading yet. You
just
kicked its importance up by a notch or three.

http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html

Xenophon may be useful too, but he's so boring it's hard to get
through.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1170

It might have been easier had the translator spoken English, oui?
sigh In the first paragraph, this sentence decided me against it.

"The elder, as it chanced, was already there, but Cyrus he must needs
send for from the province over which he had made him satrap, having
appointed him general moreover of all the forces that muster in the
plain of the Castolus."


Patton wrote that he read Caesar to find out what areas of enemy
territory would be suitable for vehicles off-road.

Interesting.

--
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
-- Anaïs Nin