Gombeen Historian Certain middle-aged men revel in reading About the great military campaigns in the East: Guderian, Model, Kleist, Zhukov and Rokossovski , Their names evoking Odessa, Kharkov and Smolensk. All such visions of turbulence and arms Conjure up images of Hannibal at Cannan; The double encirclement there which led to victory at Stalingrad Had its origin in a knowledge of the Classics. Whether it be military strategists, literary theorists, Viticulturists or Goms, the emphasis on historical Precedence is one of absolute foregones. Housed deep with the stairwell of the cranium, As magnificently illuminated as the Pantheon, So, the great shaft of history is thrown. (Copyright Peter O Neill, 2014)
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 16:39:03 +0000
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