| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2018 4:01 p.m. PST |
… Brinksmanship, and the 1812 Russian Campaign "Tolstoy best expressed that vision in his novel, War and Peace, and through its …. that Alexander's efforts during the 1809 war against Austria involved ….. As Prince Eugene later wistfully recalled: "Napoleon was indeed God …"
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| MaggieC70 | 23 Nov 2018 12:28 p.m. PST |
I both dislike and distrust books and articles that attempt, by any method, to psychoanalyze any historical personage. To do so is the extreme of hubris--utterly unqualified amateurs analyzing in absentia over the centuries using cherry-picked references.
I am suspicious of 11-page articles that claim to discuss geopolitical elements as well as alleged psychoanalysis. Sometimes these folks deliberately give real hisorians a bad name. |
| Tango01 | 24 Nov 2018 11:34 a.m. PST |
But… have you read it?… (smile)
Amicalement
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| MaggieC70 | 24 Nov 2018 12:13 p.m. PST |
Yep. All eleven pages of it. |
| von Winterfeldt | 24 Nov 2018 11:07 p.m. PST |
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| dibble | 24 Nov 2018 11:54 p.m. PST |
MaggieC70 I both dislike and distrust books and articles that attempt, by any method, to psychoanalyze any historical personage. To do so is the extreme of hubris--utterly unqualified amateurs analyzing in absentia over the centuries using cherry-picked references. I am suspicious of 11-page articles that claim to discuss geopolitical elements as well as alleged psychoanalysis. Sometimes these folks deliberately give real hisorians a bad name.
Yep. All eleven pages of it. Aha! I see you are a person masochistic tendencies :( Paul :D |
| MaggieC70 | 25 Nov 2018 6:41 a.m. PST |
Paul, I never pretended to be otherwise. But I really do dislike pop history larded with secondary sources and overlaid with psychobabble. |
| dibble | 25 Nov 2018 6:52 a.m. PST |
I feel your pain! I have a loathing of historians who lift bits of quotes and/or hide context to further an agenda. Paul :) |
| MaggieC70 | 25 Nov 2018 1:20 p.m. PST |
And don't they just! Speaking of which, I actually read a book (?) by an amateur historian/scribbler that was a case in point of sourcing one's agenda: The Real Napoleon--The Untold Story. It was such a hagiographic and nonsensical screed that it exacerbated my diabetes. Probably the very worst book I've read in decades. |
| Tango01 | 25 Nov 2018 3:39 p.m. PST |
Yes… and you? (smile)
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| MaggieC70 | 25 Nov 2018 5:38 p.m. PST |
And me what? If you were referring to me, Armand. |
| Tango01 | 26 Nov 2018 11:58 a.m. PST |
No… I answer the question of mein Kamerad von Winterfeldt…. Amicalement
Armand |
| von Winterfeldt | 26 Nov 2018 2:29 p.m. PST |
how did you download it – or did you buy it for 36 €?? |
paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
