Showing posts with label Italian history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian history. Show all posts
Thursday, May 9, 2024

History of the European Union

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“By this Treaty, the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION , hereinafter called ‘the Union’, on which the Mem...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Forgotten battlegrounds of the World Wars: Africa, the Middle East, and Italy

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“♪ We’re the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on the spree. Eighth Army skivers and their tanks, We go to war in ties...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

A review of “Mussolini: The History of Italian Fascism”

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“I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Paraphrase of defense lawyer Clarence Darrow , in ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A review of “Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge” (audiobook)

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The battle over the Sun-centered universe was as much political as it was scientific. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , a th...
Monday, May 3, 2021

A review of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” (audiobook)

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I had read “The Prince” itself before listening to this audiobook, sometime during the winter of 2006-2007. It was in English translation ...
Monday, March 23, 2020

A review of “The Plague” (History Channel)

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The greatest outbreak of disease in recorded human history (the Black Death) … It is still the greatest outbreak of disease in recorded ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

A review of “Paris 1919: Inside the Peace Talks That Changed the World”

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“[There shall be a] Surrender in good condition by the German armies of the following war material: Five thousand guns (2,500 heavy, and ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

A review of “Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine”

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“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” - The New Testament, “The Acts of the Apostles,” Chapter 11, Verse 26 (as ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

A review of “The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance” (PBS Empires)

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“To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici : Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a prince are accustomed to come befo...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

A review of “Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire” (History Channel)

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Note: This is a different series from  “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” (which is made by the BBC). There aren't too m...
Friday, August 24, 2018

A review of “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” (BBC)

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Not to be confused with “Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire” (by the History Channel). “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” is n...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

A review of “The Roman Empire in the First Century” (PBS Empires)

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“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus , that all the world should be taxed.” - The New Te...
Friday, April 3, 2015

The Marshall Plan: Helping the poor, keeping the peace, and stopping the communists

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"If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp. Nothing can then delay for...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Rome

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"The great historian Edward Gibbon was right when he said that the story of the fall of the Empire was ' simple and obvious '...
Monday, November 17, 2014

A review of Kenneth Clark's “Civilisation”

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"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of th...
Friday, August 15, 2014

A review of PBS Empires “Napoleon”

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" Glory is fleeting , but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte He was the ruler of  France , but learned French as a...