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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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It is probably the most famous trial in history. At services around the world, Catholics (and other Christians) will hear and perhaps participate in Jesus’ questioning by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. In all of the Gospels, this is perhaps the most relatable incident to our time. There are no miracles, and Pilate has no religious interest in the matter – he regards Jewish belief as all Romans did, a bothersome and quirky faith at odds with the rest of the pagan world. What concerned him was public order. Though empowered as a judge and charged with separating the innocent…