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So what? What are you going to do about it, nerd?
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The purpose of naval bases is not any nonsense like projecting power. It is to lower the bar of willingness of a democratic government to go to war 
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is it a good book, looks interesting
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Yes, it's an absolute masterpiece but Paul Kennedy's magnum opus is The Rise and Fall of Great Powers. It's around 1000 pages, covers everything from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Habsburg Empire all the way to the mid 20th crumbling of the British Empire. This you can say is a magnification of one of the footnotes of that book. It's a fun read but you'll miss out a lot of wink wink nudge nudge from the author.
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Imperial Obituary is another good book on the topic by Major General Richard Hilton. He was part of the general staff of British Palestine so he CHUDS OUT about the decline of British hegemony to American influence
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Why can't you simply say that, in your opinion, it's the author's best book?
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Big words make me mad
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You should get that dome checked out.
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But can he explain China and Lu Bu and shit?
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You're supposed to highlight like 10% neighbor
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These are the 2 most important pages on the book
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Same with military bases in places like Estonia.
It's much harder to say "I won't die for Tallinn" when 50 of your guys were killed in the opening action.
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Estonia literally asked to be British dominon as it was regaining independence. British admiral who was commanding Royal Navy fighting against the commies in the Baltic at the time had to politely refuse extending His Majesty's lands by one more sh*thole.
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Rude!
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I've been to Tallinn, it's as good a place as anywhere to die, I guess.
Interesting fact--Estonians haven't discovered deodorant yet
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why do people highlight books?
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Especially when half the book is highlighted lmao.
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idk, always irritated me too. Use a bookmark with notes on it shitter.
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You might as well buy a roller brush and some yellow paint.
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I sigh as I unsheath my highlighter
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Non-fiction being twice the price of fiction makes me sad
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More truthy
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The cambridge history of china being like 3000 dollars is fricking r-slurred
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