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Shawn
is on page 404 of 560
Certainly thorough and comprehensive. I wish it had a glossary for all of the nautical terms, and a diagram of the types of ships. The anatomy of a boat. Another note, the battles are described good enough but I can't help but imagine a better writer putting it all together. Some stuff feels incomplete, or too much summarized. But altogether, this big book is solid. Just can't call it 'a masterpiece'.
— Oct 18, 2022 09:40AM
Shawn
is on page 277 of 560
Ouch, shots fired! America was profiting from war in Europe, and this guy Randolph, Virginian congressman John Randolph, a 'skilled debater', calls America out, saying that American interests in trade & commercialism is really just "this mushroom, this fungus of war." Whew--fungus of war. Damn.
— Oct 12, 2022 10:39AM

