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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
"War is the continuation of politics by other means." Carl von Clausewitz
I understand taken as a whole package war can be a very interesting topic. Just as an aside I recently read a book you had nominated in a book for the month here recently— Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski—and gave it a high star ranking (for me) at Goodreads. I did not actually write any sort of review (just too lazy) but I believe that it would be right up your alley. Not only a detailed analysis of the at least temporarily successful attempts to turn back the clock in Europe to before the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and Napoleon but also all the dirt on how the congress was the opportunity for major and minor royalty and nobility from all over Europe come together to 'party hearty' and f_ like bunny rabbits. It would even fit into the War category under consideration here.  |
Thank you for the affirmation and recommendation.
Waterloo for the book club pushed it aside, but I have it and mean to get to it soon, indeed as of more interest to me than the topic of the battle of Waterloo. I agree that War as a category has broad shoulders, although as with your nominations, I see it as a non-fiction topic.
(I see that bfisher also gave it four stars.)