It appears that 46% of voters went for either Medieval or Napoleonic. What is it about those two eras that attracted you? The balance of the other votes were in Ancient, Enlightenment, and 20th Century respectively.
Please be specific when you comment in response so I can better gauge what topics would be suitable for future posts on those areas.
I voted for the Napoleonic Era because of how far Napoleon rose and subsequently fell. A 18th/19th century combination of Norman Vincent Peale and Julius Caesar. Napoleon won amazing victories in the face of superior odds time after time, but lost by the same token. For the former, he relied on wits and ingenuity, the latter, pure brawn. See Basil Liddell Hart's book Strategy on this. Has something for every era on the poll, except for post world war II.
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I'm not entirely sure now whether I voted for Napoleonic or Ancient... :) But I think I voted for Ancient history.
I picked it because I'm interested in ancient Greece. In fact, I'm drawing on ancient Greece a lot as a basis for the cultures in my fantasy novel. I've studied the Parthenon and Athenian acropolis quite a bit; I wrote my senior thesis on their condition in the early 19th century when Lord Byron visited and wrote about it (thus combining two of my favorite eras: Napoleonic/British Romantic and Classical).
I also love the military struggle of the Greeks against Persia. AMAZING stuff there. Thermopylae, Marathon, Salamis...some of the most improbably military victories in history there. Not to mention thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The ancient Greeks were definitely unique in their time.
Anyway... My focus in ancient history is on Greece, particularly Athens in the Classical era of the Parthenon, Socrates, and Plato; and my focus in the Napoleonic era comes through studying British romantic authors and reading historical fiction from the British point of view.
So I'd welcome info and conversations in those areas. But it would also be good to expand my horizons a bit. There was a lot more going on in each era than just the Brits and the Greeks.
Well, I think my reply is probably twice as long as your post now. But you asked for detail...be careful what you ask for. 'kay. I'll quit now. :)
Don't apologize, you gave me exactly what I wanted. I hope the rest of the WCU and non WCU members reading the blog do likewise.
I've got some ideas on what to put up on the blog, I just wanted to find out where the reader interests lie. I started out in Military history with the American Civil War and the World Wars. the areas and eras i've taken a liking to have expanded with age. Strategy, tactics and commanding personalities have always been a great interest of mine as well.
I'm currently writing up my family history, so my historical research is focused more on mid-late 19th and early 20th century Italy and U.S.
Have you ever read Ion, Hippias Minor, or Euthyphro?
Imagine what would have happened if Darius had not died in 485 BC...
I've held fascination with the other colossus of the Ancient World, Rome. I've always enjoyed the military aspects and why Rome fell. Internal causes such as corruption(Gibbon's Decline and Fall) or the Barbarians(Machiavelli)
Thanks for the reply, I will be sure to include these topics within future posts...
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