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Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the read more
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
History is a pageant, not a philosophy.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
