An interesting historical perspective

Since we barely teach history in high school other than to let the kids know how evil America is, here's a little tidbit from eighteenth century France.

Same Panic, Different Century

A little light reading

The Naval War College has just released Admiral Chester Nimitz' graybook from World War II, which consists of various documents and observations compiled by an aide on a daily basis.

I'm actually looking forward to reading them.  We'll see how long that lasts.

Note: Oh good, it's only 861 pages long.