War in European History Condition:Well Read Taleb stands uncertainty on its

Taleb stands uncertainty on its head

From the Rothschilds' spectacular rise to pre-eminence in European finance during the turbulent final years of the Napoleonic Wars

Claire Hajaj describes a perilous journey from Raqqa to Aleppo to Beirut

Kreeft takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into the philosophical bones of Middle earth

War in European History Condition:Well Read Taleb stands uncertainty on its`Wars have often determined the character of society. Society in exchange has determined the character of wars. This is the theme of Michael Howard's stimulating book. It is written with all his usual skill and in its small compass is perhaps the most original book he has written. Though he surveys a thousand years of history, he does so without sinking in a slough of facts and draws a broad outline of developments which will delight the general