Monthly Archives: June 2020

Book Review: The Spanish Civil War (Ranzato)

Posted on June 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Spanish Civil War, by Gabrielle Ranzato You know a book about the Spanish Civil War is not going to be any good when it is part of a Traveller’s history series and views the rapine and theft and violence … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Posted on June 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Spanish Civil War:  A Very Short Introduction, by Helen Graham Short introductions certainly have their place.  Despite long having at least some interest in civil wars, I have been surprised to find that some twenty thousand books or more … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Spanish Civil War (Purcell)

Posted on June 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Spanish Civil War, by Hugh Percell Before I review this book, I feel it necessary to point out the perspective by which I judge a book on this particular subject.  If a book views the side of anarchists, Communists, … Continue reading →

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Words (Don’t) Get In The Way

Posted on June 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

There is a distressingly large number of songs and writings that seek to attack the verbal content of communication by badmouthing words as a means of communication.  Sometimes this badmouthing is a sign of frustration, as in the song “Words … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Field Manual: Logistics

Posted on June 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

FM:  Logistics, by the Department Of The Army There are few more boring ways to read about logistics than this particular field manual.  Admittedly, field manuals are not written to be exciting reading, so it is no insult to the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Pure Logistics

Posted on June 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

Pure Logistics, by George C. Thorpe This book had an interesting story.  Written in the early 20th century by a Marine thinker, the book was nearly entirely forgotten, in large part because no one cared about logistics and the book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Guerrilla Logistics

Posted on June 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

Guerrilla Logistics, by Lt. Col Marco J. Caraccia Leave it to a quartermaster officer to discuss the logistics of guerrilla groups as being a key to dealing with anti-guerrilla operations and even the possibility that the United States would be … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Virtue Signalling To Yourself

Posted on June 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

If you are active on social media, you have likely been faced with this message, and if you are an asshole, you may have posted the message yourself.  For those who are not aware, this sort of post is an … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Truly Madly Completely: The Best Of Savage Garden

Posted on June 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

Truly Madly Deeply:  The Best Of Savage Garden, by Savage Garden Someday there will be a good documentary on this late and lamented Australian duo and we will find out the story of why it is that they flamed out … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Greatest Hits: 1985-1995 (Michael Bolton)

Posted on June 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

Greatest Hits:  1985-1995, by Michael Bolton Michael Bolton gets a bad rap.  Before his popularity increased with his humorous turn in the Lonely Island’s “Jack Sparrow,” people took the songs that he sang as a personal affront to them, even … Continue reading →

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