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Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

By Land or by Sea

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

By Land or by Sea

Continental Power, Maritime Power, and the Fight for a New World Order

by S. C. M. Paine

This is an essay on Foreign Affairs. Link. If you want to view a full copy, I do have a limitied number of shareable links. So, contact me.

About the author

S. C. M. PAINE is William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy Emerita at the U.S. Naval War College.

Books I'd Like to Read

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:03:18 -0500

Highly likely

Some People Need Killing: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/books/review/some-people-need-killing-patricia-evangelista.html
Poverty by America: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/books/review/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html
Monsters: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/books/monsters-review-claire-dederer.html
Y/N: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/books/esther-yi-y-n.html
This Other Eden: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/books/review/this-other-eden-paul-harding.html
A History of Burning https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/books/review/a-history-of-burning-janika-oza.html

Maybe

Prison Notebooks by Antonio Gramsci: https://www.amazon.com/Prison-Notebooks-Volumes-Antonio-Gramsci/dp/023115755X or https://www.amazon.com/Selections-Prison-Notebooks-Antonio-Gramsci/dp/071780397X

Only if I must

No Trade is Free: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/washingtons-new-trade-consensus-hanson-lighthizer

Gulf

Sun, 22 May 2022 16:40:01 -0500

The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

by Jack E. Davis

5 Stars

A non-fiction work about the Gulf of Mexico and the US states bordering it.

My Review

An excellent book that covers the physical, social, and economic history of this area. I learned many things about which I had no knowledge of. The book does have an environmental slant and you will learn much about the exploitive nature of humanity. The author is a Professor of Environmental History.

Three Body Problem

Sun, 22 May 2022 12:03:37 -0500

The Three Body Problem

by Liu Cixin

4 Stars

This is a science fiction novel by a Chinese author that has won a number of awards. It is a very good science fiction story.

My Review

I definitely enjoy the changed perspective of the Chinese author. It gave the story a very different feel, yet still connected to humanity. There is background story which starts during the Cultural Revolution. The main characters are scientific intellectuals, usually in the field of physics, and often professors. so the language used is somewhat technical but usually not too much to distract from the flow of the story.

Handmaids Tale

Sun, 22 May 2022 12:03:18 -0500

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Margaret Atwood

4 Stars

This is a dystopian fiction novel that has a Netflix series derived from it.

My Review

This is not the sort of book I would normally seek out but this and The Three Body Problem were recommended to me … so.

The world of the The Handmaid’s Tale is not a fun world in which to live. The author does an excellent job in conveying the tone of monotony and oppression. A well written novel.