To Qualify What I Have Been Writing

There is an inherent contrdiction between the brevity of a blog post and the length and complexity of a human life, a war, or even of a battle. I find as I write that whatever I compose is a great simplification of reality. This was true of my dissertation and the small amount of work I have published. It is even truer of these blog posts. My goal here is to explore some topics over time and in a provisional way, mulling things over and thinking aloud, rather than trying to set down any final and irrevicable statement of fact or interpretation. History is too big and too complex for that.