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Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…
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For people of a certain age, Smokey and the Bandit isn’t just a film, it’s a cultural touchstone, the epitome of the Carter era and the anti-authority ethos of the post-Vietnam shift of society. The idea of a guy in a cool car driving rings around comical police officers was ubiquitous, and The Dukes of Hazzard and other shows highlighted this celebration rural/Southern rebellion. Another element was the national speed limit, which I was too young to appreciate but which truckers (and everyone else) despised. Various countermeasures were developed, but in the time before cell phones, CB radios offered drivers…
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Chateau Lloyd 