With Both Hands

Sign in Subscribe

Rome

The Long View: How Rome Fell

The Long View: How Rome Fell

And now we have John's review/reflection on just how the Western Roman Empire became capable of falling. As John was keenly interested in cyclical theories of history, it should come as no surprise that John's analysis is a combination of decreasing state capacity occurring in

The Long View: The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Long View: The Fall of the Roman Empire

One of the things I enjoyed the most about John J. Reilly's book reviews is that he was not only a gifted summarizer, able to quickly sum up the key points of a book, he was knowledgeable enough to critique and expand upon those key points in interesting

Post-Roman City of Medieval Europe

Rome

Linkfest 2022-02-18: Ruining of Mountains

The Roman mining technique Ruina Montium is an impressive bit of applied engineering. Kirk Dunston: Why Sexual Morality May Be More Important Than You Thought An application of J. D. Unwin’s Sex and Culture to the West, 40 years after the sexual revolution. Unwin’s book was published in

Oblivion Movie Review

Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods." 2013’s Oblivion [Amazon link]

Thrawn Ascendency: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn Book Review

Chaos Rising [Amazon link], the first of Timothy Zahn’s new trilogy, gives us a glimpse into the fabled Chiss Ascendancy, and the rise of Thrawn. Everyone has to start somewhere, and this book shows us a time when Mitth’raw’nuruodo was a junior officer of the Chiss Ascendancy.