This cookbook contains recipes from and remembrances of two people involved in two cook shops which served food during an annual medieval fair in Western Pennsylvania over the course of many years. ... More > While not a scholarly work, the book is based on solid research into medieval recipes which have been updated for modern tastes and techniques. The result is a practical cookbook which also contains fun inside information on what it is like to participate in historical re-creation activities in the culinary realm. There are recipes for stews, vegetables, savory and sweet baked goods, breads, drinks, and more. Color covers. Black and white interior borders, photographs, and illustrations. 173 pages. A full color (and more expensive) version of this cookbook is available entitled "War Fare Commemorative Edition."< Less
This commemorative, full color, cookbook contains recipes from and remembrances of two people involved in two cook shops which served food during an annual medieval fair in Western Pennsylvania over... More > the course of many years. While not a scholarly work, the book is based on solid research into medieval recipes which have been updated for modern tastes and techniques. The result is a practical cookbook which also contains fun inside information on what it is like to participate in historical re-creation activities in the culinary realm. There are recipes for stews, vegetables, savory and sweet baked goods, breads, drinks, and more. Color covers. Full color interior borders, photographs, and illustrations. 173 pages. A less expensive black and white edition is available entitled simply "War Fare."< Less
During a conversation with a Japanese Professor from the Department of Economics of the University of London I asked why Japan waged the war with the United States. With face contorted with anxiety... More > he repeatedly asserted that he does not know anything about it and, being too young, he did not take part in the war. Several years later, visiting the University of Tokyo, I asked one of the professors the same question and received a similar answer, with the exception that even though he participated in the war, he did not know anything about why the war did happen. During the fare-well party, in the wee hours in the morning, I asked the professor the same question. With his defenses lowered by the consumed sake he answered “to liberate Asia from the Western domination.” My curiosity aroused, I carried several studies on this topic in both the United States and Japan. This book is about what I found.< Less
Are democracies more likely to win international wars? Despite several widely circulated studies that suggest a democratic form of government significantly increases a country's prospects of winning... More > an international war, a careful examination of the past two centuries of warfare shows that democracies fare no better in war than other regime types. Instead, population size has been and remains the overwhelming determinant of war victory since 1816. Population sizes of countries in the international system are so varied that it is virtually impossible for a small nation to withstand the military onslaught of a larger foe, a finding that reasserts basic tenets of realism to modern foreign policy discussions. The importance of the size and quality of a country's population is demonstrated via statistical analyses of a new dataset of 19th and 20th century international wars as well as case studies of Arab-Israeli Wars (1948-1973) and the German invasion of France in 1940.< Less
Are democracies more likely to win international wars? Despite several widely circulated studies that suggest a democratic form of government significantly increases a country's prospects of winning... More > an international war, a careful examination of the past two centuries of warfare shows that democracies fare no better in war than other regime types. Instead, population size has been and remains the overwhelming determinant of war victory since 1816. Population sizes of countries in the international system are so varied that it is virtually impossible for a small nation to withstand the military onslaught of a larger foe, a finding that reasserts basic tenets of realism to modern foreign policy discussions. The importance of the size and quality of a country's population is demonstrated via statistical analyses of a new dataset of 19th and 20th century international wars as well as case studies of Arab-Israeli Wars (1948-1973) and the German invasion of France in 1940.< Less
In a time when Humanities very existence is threatened by our own foolish choices, a small group is preserved in safety. The teens of this group, its very future, struggle to create a stable society... More > in working order. It is not easy, mechanical failure and jealousies abound. Left in a new world without government, society or anything but a government issued manual to go on they create a new world in which they hope to restart humanity and civilization. It is either restart it, or have it vanish, forever.< Less
In a time when Humanities very existence is threatened by our own foolish choices, a small group is preserved in safety. The teens of this group, its very future, struggle to create a stable society... More > in working order. It is not easy, mechanical failure and jealousies abound. Left in a new world without government, society or anything but a government issued manual to go on they create a new world in which they hope to restart humanity and civilization. It is either restart it, or have it vanish, forever.< Less
A comprehensive analysis of the English Civil War in Manchester, examining the question of whether Manchester's claims about the first blood of the events spilling there are valid or not. The study... More > shows how Manchester's defenders fared in the war and the years leading up to the Restoration of the Monarchy.< Less
A comprehensive analysis of the English Civil War in Manchester, examining the question of whether Manchester's claims about the first blood of the events spilling there are valid or not. The study... More > shows how Manchester's defenders fared in the war and the years leading up to the Restoration of the Monarchy.< Less
A story of the dilemmas facing a new time traveller and his adventures in time. Does his meddling have an impact on his life? How would you fare? How much would you meddle?
