Tag Archives: diplomacy

Book Review: Panda Nation

Posted on January 27, 2021 by nathanalbright

Panda Nation: The Construction And Conservation Of China’s Modern Icon, by E Elena Songster How and when did the panda become so important to China, and what has been done by China to preserve the vulnerable animal and to understand … Continue reading →

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Winners At A Losing Game

Posted on January 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more momentous wars in the 19th century was fought mostly in the Crimean Peninsula in the southern portion of Ukraine. Since time immemorial this constricted space has proven to be the location of ferocious conflict, and it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Diplomatic Preliminaries Of The Crimean War

Posted on January 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

Diplomatic Preliminaries Of The Crimean War, by Bernadotte E. Schmitt One of the more interesting aspects of understanding how it was that the Crimean War began is that it provides insight into understanding how it was the World War I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Battle For The Falklands

Posted on October 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Battle For The Falklands, by Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins If this book is the most thorough book I have ever read on the Falklands war and on the lack of decisiveness regarding how it was fought and how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When China Ruled The Seas

Posted on September 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

When China Ruled The Seas: The Treasure Fleet Of The Dragon Throne, 1405-1433, by Louise Levathes This book is essentially 1421 without the claims about the colonization of the Americas. Still, the essential story, for those who have an interest … Continue reading →

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Would You Be So Kind As To….

Posted on September 11, 2020 by nathanalbright

I have never considered myself to be a particularly polite person. Although I do not relish interpersonal disagreements and tend to exercise considerable emotional restraint so as to avoid unpleasant scenes with those people I am around, I have frequently … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Tower Of Skulls

Posted on September 8, 2020 by nathanalbright

Tower Of Skulls: A History Of The Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942, by Richard B. Frank This book, a weighty work of more than 500 pages of text, to say nothing of its massive endnotes, is a revisionist history, but … Continue reading →

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И Сонцето е STвезда

Posted on September 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

[Note: Dear Macedonian readers, as Macedonian is not a language I know, please comment if my title needs to be corrected.] From time to time I have pondered and generally cheered on the efforts of the small nation of North … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Neutrals

Posted on June 2, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Neutrals, by Denis J. Fodor It is perhaps not surprising that the various neutrals of World War II should find themselves shifting in response to the course of the war and that regardless of their own desire to remain … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Moldova Quo Vadis

Posted on May 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

Moldova Quo Vadis:  Neutrality And European Integration?  Problems Of Policy, by Igor Talcan This thesis is an interesting one and it looks at the problem of Moldova’s troubled attempts to integrate with Europe over the past thirty years in the … Continue reading →

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