Bret Devereaux
Ancient and military historian; writes A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States by Kori Schake
This week’s book recommendation was a pretty easy choice: Kori Schake, The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States (2025).
on acoup.blog · 14 Aug 2026
The Iliad of Homer by Richmond Lattimore (translator)
First, for my personal favorite translation, I would suggest the Richmond Lattimore translation, The Iliad of Homer (1951) and The Odyssey of Homer (1965).
on acoup.blog · 31 Jul 2026
Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity by J.E. Lendon
this week I am going to go with a book I find myself recommending quite frequently, J.E. Lendon’s Soldier’s and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity (2006).
on acoup.blog · 25 Jun 2020
Everything Bret Devereaux recommends — not just books — on rcmnd →