Worth a Look: Book Reviews on History & Time

History Review (Guest): Adam Smith in Beijing–Lineages of the Twenty-First Century Review: 1491–New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Review: Clock Of The Long Now–Time And Responsibility: The Ideas Behind The World’s Slowest Computer Review: Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire Review: Responsible History Review: Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the World …

2012 U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century: 450-Ship Navy, <24 Hours to Anywhere, Peace from the Sea -- Full Text Online

I wrote the original Somali piracy overview for US CENTCOM J-2P in 2005–no one wanted to take on the problem.  A few years later I was told by both USSOCOM and Navy Irregular Warfare–I am not making this up–that the reason they did not take an interest at the time was that it was “not …