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...History of Warfare by John Keegan. Casting a cold eye over 4,000 years of mortal combat convinces this British historian that making war is basically a bad habit. Unromantic about the profession of arms but nevertheless sympathetic to the warrior class, Keegan conveys the grim details of warmaking operations with a stoic clarity that blurs all flags and levels all battlefields...
...Great Depression (PBS) In the tradition of The Civil War and Eyes on the Prize, this documentary series (from Eyes creator Henry Hampton) brought another patch of American history to life with an artist's eye and an educator's passion. Everything from the breadlines to the political battles was made fresh, dramatic, relevant...
...record has become only “a crushing disappointment and a cruel disabusing.”However incensed the armchair, I can’t imagine Hollinghurst ever trading it for the campaign stump. During our conversation and his Brattle Theater book discussion, the novelist avoids long eye contact and gives the impression of being folded shut in spite of his magnificent posture. The right angles of his silvering haircut and goatee intensify his wide, round eyes, rendering him by turn ingenuous, nervous, or boyishly elated. Externals aside, Hollinghurst suffers another setback: he refuses to keep track...
...similarly hard-to-find layers. Drawn out of the museum’s archives, these seven pieces from contemporary German-speaking Europe feature concepts of “layering,” according to the exhibit description. But all too often, they come across as mere tricks of the eye...
...Endless Surface in the Form of a Column,” a gold-plated bronze Mobius-Strip that pushes the concepts of layering to their most experimental extremes. The piece is sure to captivate you, even if only because the glare will catch your eye from across the room. The piece is aesthetically gripping, with sleek design and obvious challenges to traditional definitions of stratification...