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The answer to your question is this: we owned y'all because we had a slate of great coaches who (A) knew what they were doing and (B) refused to suffer fools or slackers. At the time we began our transition in 2007, the inept AD (not the guy we have now) got sideways with Tommy Spangler, the head co...

I feel the same about World War II. Obviously both were cataclysmic events of "world historical" importance. World War I is the death of the 19th century and for me, looking at the world in 1914 and then again in the early 1920s after all the treaties get hammered out astounds me. And I'm...

Specifically, the first chapter explains the military ethos of English settlers and how the earliest American military traditions like the fear of standing professional armies and preference for local militias came here and were tested, and evolved during wars against Native Americans. There is also...

I feel the same about World War II. Obviously both were cataclysmic events of "world historical" importance. World War I is the death of the 19th century and for me, looking at the world in 1914 and then again in the early 1920s after all the treaties get hammered out astounds me. And I'm...

Jeezus, that sounds boring I can hardly keep my eyes open reading the two sentence description... :rofl: For some reason, I can't get into WWI stuff...... I feel the same about World War II. Obviously both were cataclysmic events of "world historical" importance. World War I is the death ...

And history before the 12th grade is mostly nationalist mythology.

One more for today. http://s24.postimg.org/mba6xoxox/russiaagainstnapoleon.jpg Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace [Dominic Lieven, 2009]. This is one of my favorite history books...ever. Extensive primary source base; archival research in British, French, Germa...

^^^ You probably read Isaac Deutscher's. It, for quite a while, was considered orthodoxy as far as Trotsky goes.

http://s15.postimg.org/mlhpmmtbr/9780306818264_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban , Revised Edition [Stephen Tanner, 2009]. Short bibliography; no footnotes; heavy reliance on secondary sources; no foreign-language sources. Flu...

http://s7.postimg.org/ws79ksrwn/trotsky_m_1498005f.jpg Trotsky: A Biography [Robert Service, 2009 ]. Fluid read; extensively researched; intimate understanding of factions in the RSDLP and Bolshevik/Communist Party. Service is not a Trotskyist, a departure from previous biographers like Isaac Deuts...

So...this is a meaningful discussion.

None, sadly. I'll be in Russia from September--March.

Recent excessive force used against protesters (laughable, considering that Erdogan used to be an ally of Assad, but turned his back saying that Assad used too much force against peaceful opposition protesters :rofl: ), jailing of journalists on a scale often compared to China, and an erosion of th...

In lieu of another dissertation, I'll recommend a few books germane to this discussion. Karen Barkey, Empire of Difference: The Ottomans in a Comparative Perspective Richard Bulliet, The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization Maria Rosa Menocal, Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Christians and Jew...

Good for all of them. Wish we were headed in that direction, too. PC's a great geographical fit (30 mins from Wofford, 45 mins from Furman, around 2.5 hours from WCU, 3 hours from El Cid, and 4 hours from Mercer) and we've been playing current SoCon members since we started football in 1913. No one ...

:tothehand: :lol: So we have the Executive Summary of a doctoral dissertation in Muslin Studies from a Presby guy who has 22 total posts in 3+ years. :shock: I've gotten a lot busier in the last two years. Plus, there isn't exactly much to say about PC football or the Big South in general. Both hav...

Sorry that I wrote a dissertation on this topic last night; it was late, I was wired on coffee, and I didn't want to work on my actual dissertation at that point in time. The main point I wanted to make was that people's experiences color their theology, and that things like suicide bombing, Hamas, ...

Here are some dynamics we should consider in this discussion. 1. Islam is not a monolithic category. Neither are terms like Jews, Christianity, or conservatives. Islam is a large rubric of religious and cultural systems and practices. Even as a religion, the thing has a wide spectrum that ranges fro...

From what I gather, he passed out like a lot of people tend to do and simply stopped breathing. I'm not speaking in an official context, though.

Cause of death has been ruled as respiratory depression and acute alcohol poisoning.

It's hard to say at this point. Lots of intangibles. That being said, I think the season's success or failure will be directly attributable to our offensive and defensive lines. We're stacked at skill positions like WR, RB, and QB. What we've lost last season were really talented defensive ends and ...

Yes, Presbyterian College has both a football team AND even a handful of fans. :lol: Here's an update on where the program has been in the last week: We snagged a great class of 19 recruits, having focused most of our effort on replacing key personnel on the O and D lines. We snagged some dynamic wi...

I think pre-marital sex in an honor policy is draconian, but BYU deserves credit for sticking by the values it claims to profess. Furthermore, the reason why many students choose to go to schools like BYU and Liberty, or any other I guess, is because these schools reflect the values they already bel...

The Blue Hose will be making some noise in the Big South this year. One of our biggest problems last season was our inability to close out close games in the final minutes. This year, through wins over Eastern Kentucky and Princeton, we've shown that when we're in it late, we have what it takes to c...

Presbyterian lost by 9 in a hard-fought thriller with #3 Kansas State last night, 67-76.