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Perhaps a paid advertizement campaign is in the offing? I'm going to do something like that at NJO. Try to find a news source who will get your url out there in their news cycle. Or find some history bloggers who will mention your site. I don't know, there are probably hundreds of marketing strategies you could employ, but you should only use the ones that will attract the kinds of posters you want. So be selective.
So do you see Reconstruction as the first in a long line of excessively grand and wasteful spending programs by the federal government? Would you put it in line with the WPA? Better or worse?
No Reconstruction was necessary, but it was mismanaged, and the South managed to wreck it with Jim Crow. It wasn't until the TVA was launched did the South actually "recover" to where it could compete regionally again.
John F. Kennedy. He has been romanticized because of his tragic death. His legacy would have been that of mediocrity had he finished his terms.
I think Hoover was right in his economic assessments but I don't think people wanted to hear it. So his public relations strategy is what doomed him. Had he been more pro-active in finding ways to get money back into the economy away from the government coffers, he might have survived for another term. He wasn't an idiot, he just made himself look like he was out of touch with the common folk.
Though McDowell's army was disrupted and panic stricken there was a garrison in reserve in Washington they could have rallied behind. Furthermore, after Jackson turned the tide, his army and Beauregard's were exhausted from the fighting and were too green to fight an offensive on such a short notice. There was absolutely no chance for them to pursue. They did well enough to eek out the victory they did. You must remember that the first half of Bull Run they took a severe licking. Washington was never even in their sights I assure you.
Stonewall Jackson would ride his Little Sorrel while sucking lemons and holding his finger up in the air for blood circulation reasons. Jackson was a hypochondriac and just a little bit eccentric…..actually his men thought he was nuts and a religious zealot, but they knew he would get them through a battle so they followed him without question. Jackson was fond of the fixed bayonet and had no compunction of sending his men into full bayonet charges. He would march his men 20 miles and then have them fight a full day's battle with no rest. This was how he won Chancellorsville for General Lee. 🙂
The two words have quire different meanings. The Hoplite takes his name from his large circular shield and as such can be compared with such troop types as Fusilier, Grenadier, Lancer, Rifleman or Cuirassier.The Phalanx by contrast is a deep formation of men and is thus similar to the Napoleonic Column of Attack, or the formations adopted by Scottish, German, Swiss and Flemish Pikemen during the late Medieval/ early Rennaissance eras.The Greek Hoplite was trained in an offensive role; to rapidly close with the enemy and defeat him in close combat. As such emphasis was placed on individual combat skills, strength and stamina. By the time of Alexander (although Greek Hoplites were still around during the early conquest of Egypt and Persia) the Macedonians had largely converted to a longer 16 foot Sarissa (Pike) which natuarally requiring two hands making the use of a Hoplite shield impracticable. Tactics Changed to a rapid advance by the 16 rank deep Pike Phalanx (presumably in open order) and when contact was made with the foe the rear 8 ranks advanced into the gaps in the files creating a bristling wall of spearpoints into which the enemy would be impaled by their own following ranks. Alexander's light troops and cavalry would then sweep in from the flanks rolling up the enemy's line (typical Hammer and Anvil Tactics).The Romans took this one stage further deploying their Legions in three lines (each 6 ranks deep). Roman tactics differed from the Hellenistic in being largely defensive on the Battlefield. THe first line would employ missile weapons to break up the enemy's charge and then the second line would advance into the gaps between the files of the first to create a shield wall for pushing back the dispirited foe. The third line being held as a reserve to exploit success or form a bastion in defeat. Again auxillary troops on the flanks were meant to sweep in and roll up the enemy's line (The Carthaginaians under Hannibal beat this by attacking and defeating the auxilliarys before sweeping around the Romans own flanks and rear (as at Cannae).
Well done. So basically the Phalanx was a column and the hoplite was a circular formation. Hannibal used the clumsy nature of the phalanx against the Romans in a narrow landscape. He didn't give them room to maneuver while his cavalry struck at will from the sides and the Romans couldn't utilize all of their men in a critical mass necessary for victory.
James West Davidson has the best one on the market in two vols. Nation of Nations. This was the books I read for my History 108 and 109 courses many moons ago. This is the 3rd edition I believe. A lot of heavy hitters contribute in these two volumes.
Donnie, I was reading over an old thread over at americanhistoryforum. One of your posts contains the following in regard to the natural demise of slavery: “I would say slavery would have been abolished since the vast majority of Southerners did not own slaves, and the trend toward more sexual freedom and other relaxed social taboos, would have made slavery medieval if not archaic.” [bold is mine]I’m wondering what exactly you mean by your reference to “sexual freedom” and “social taboos”. Was there such a trend going on around the time of the Civil War? How would this lead to a lessening of slavery’s importance? I’m interested in hearing about this.
What I was getting at was by the time of the 1920’s when society underwent a sexual revolution and urbanization began to accelerate, I calculated that slavery would have become culturally archaic to the swinging generation. World War I saw the vast incorporation of blacks into the army which further eroded racial barriers albeit in baby steps. Women gaining the right to vote is another factor. I just think slavery would not have been as romanticized by then. It’s really hard to say. It definitely would have been in serious decline in the upper South in states like Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The key is to balance the enthusiasm with sound doctrine. When these two are balanced, watch out! The Lord can do some mighty things with a church that is both on fire and has it's theological ducks in a row.
Hacking is technically a good term. It's supposed to mean code writing and editing. It's geek speak. But nowadays, it means breaking and entering.
Well shucks, we should have offered to take that forum over a long time ago if the site owners weren't going to keep it going. Freaking political forums seem to be getting all the action these days, and history/religion forums are struggling for members. I admit religion and history are a tougher sell, but darn it, there is so much more to talk about in those subject areas. But alas, everyone seems to prefer the Myspace.com sites over what we're peddling.
