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Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…
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The last few years have seen a great deal of corruption uncovered, both in terms of governance but also in the realm of idealogy. I used to be a staunch defender of classical liberalism, and blindly supported capitalism. I am now the enemy of both. To be sure, I value freedom and also believe in open markets, but markets for their own sake simply result in commodifying everything. There has to be some limit, otherwise we revert to the days of slave trading and indentured labor. Some years ago I pointed out that a great many American see profit as…