tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8779965069672893600..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Fullbore FridayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75221701249010581042010-08-31T08:20:18.000-04:002010-08-31T08:20:18.000-04:00Great read. It's at least as inspiring as Henr...Great read. It's at least as inspiring as Henry V.<br /><br />I tell all the young men that I teach leadership to, "Don't just watch war movies for the 'glory', but pay attention to the good leaders in those movies, and learn from them." Always good to be reminded that I need to put a book in their hands to learn from the classics.Dave Navarrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-32334316835313179062010-08-29T13:05:29.000-04:002010-08-29T13:05:29.000-04:00As it turns out, Amazon has a Kindle version of An...As it turns out, Amazon has a Kindle version of Anabasis available for free. Thanks CDR, I'm always looking for good reading material.Poguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-77404412212885916422010-08-29T04:27:45.000-04:002010-08-29T04:27:45.000-04:00ahem, most of the Peloponesian war consisted of At...ahem, most of the Peloponesian war consisted of Athens being besieged, getting supplies by sea and raiding from the sea Spartan holdings, which annoyed Spartans to no end. Spartans were great warriors, but they could not man entire Pelopones peninsula... Sea power was playing to strengths of the Athens instead of trying to beat land power at their own game.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-86583144434736771152010-08-29T01:58:23.000-04:002010-08-29T01:58:23.000-04:00Not all that sure that he did that. Sparta was a ...Not all that sure that he did that. Sparta was a land army kind of place. A navy in Athens would exactly oppose Sparta how? By going to Sicily with a navy and marine force? Let's see, Sparta on same land peninsula as Athens, Athens, with a navy, attacks Sicily instead of Sparta. Reading the same book it was the downfall of Athens.<br /><br />Continental powers do not do anything but burn assets when they use the navy to attack appendages of the enemy vice the enemy.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-636539168625520132010-08-27T14:15:23.974-04:002010-08-27T14:15:23.974-04:00There is A REASON I chose the call-sign/nom de plu...There is A REASON I chose the call-sign/nom de plume I did. (aside from the fact my middle name is Virgil and the original a far better poet than this academic refugee) One of the great combos of a man of action and a man of letters of all time...virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509453343705968903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-41804861846554281922010-08-27T12:36:37.000-04:002010-08-27T12:36:37.000-04:00One of the best stories ever told.One of the best stories ever told.YNSNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-41994937644951948012010-08-27T11:50:56.000-04:002010-08-27T11:50:56.000-04:00Those who fail to learn lessons of history are doo...Those who fail to learn lessons of history are doomed to repeat its failures.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47118522141631289032010-08-27T11:27:21.000-04:002010-08-27T11:27:21.000-04:00 Yup. Xenophon spoke true. So did Theucydides when... Yup. Xenophon spoke true. So did Theucydides when he argues for a strong Navy as the sheild of Athens. So did Marcus Aurelius when he wrote of how you should live your life and comport yourself as a leader. It's all there for anyone to read, if they would care to.<br /><br /> I agree, CDR, that an education, begun at an early age, and based upon the classics is immeasureable in it's value to both the individual and the nation. We can do better. We must fo better.AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23322396792306754792010-08-27T08:47:11.000-04:002010-08-27T08:47:11.000-04:00Xenophon was a combat commander par excellance...a...Xenophon was a combat commander par excellance...and made the Persians sorry, tired and sore for trying to screw him over.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-37708815636307436662010-08-27T08:38:19.000-04:002010-08-27T08:38:19.000-04:00Everything changes but the human condition.Everything changes but the human condition.Grandpa Bluewater.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-88866560393882776962010-08-27T08:09:40.000-04:002010-08-27T08:09:40.000-04:00Where the hell are my sword and spear when I need ...Where the hell are my sword and spear when I need them? After reading that I'm ready to go to war. Alas, my lot is to return to home base after a week TAD. Times change, not people. Thanks.GIMPnoreply@blogger.com