On Academic Freedom

Collections: The Nitpicks of Power, Part I: Exploding Forges

Why Roman Egypt Was Such a Strange Province

Victoria III (First Impressions)

Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part III: Constructivisting a Kingdom

Why Don’t We Use Chemical Weapons Anymore?

Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part I: Making It Personal

New Acquisitions: On the Wisdom of Noah Smith

Why no Roman industrial revolution?

Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part III: On the Move

Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part II: Foraging

Is the United States Exceptional?

Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part I: The Problem

Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part IIIb: Officers

Is This a Tank?

When is a ‘tank’ not a tank?

How the Weak Can Win – A Primer on Protracted War

Rome: Decline and Fall? Part III: Things

Understanding the War in Ukraine

Fireside Friday

The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate

Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions

Rome: Decline and Fall Pt 1: Words

Fortification, Part V: The Age of Industrial Firepower

Fortification, Part IV: French Guns and Italian Lines

Fortification, Part I: The Besieger’s Playbook

So You Want to Go to Grad School (In the Academic Humanities)?

Collections: No Man’s Land, Part II: Breaking the Stalemate

Acoup: The Trench Stalemate

The Ruin of War

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