December 13, 2023 “Virtue is to be admired and praised, even in one’s enemies.” -Niccolò Machiavelli Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius and the best general of his time. In the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars he turned France from a declining state into a continental empire that dominated Europe. Napoleon fought 60 battles (winning…

January 18, 2024 “Hannibal is the hero of lost causes and perfect battles.” -Barry Strauss, Masters of Command Could Hannibal Barca have won the Second Punic War? The historical consensus say’s not likely, but not impossible. Rome’s advantages in manpower, ships, and political will arguably doomed Hannibal from the start. But Rome wasn’t invincible, losing…