I really really like the Civil War (well, as much as a Civil War can be liked, that is
), and it interests me, particularly for the reasons Kaitlyn mentioned. Also, the strange period in time during which they used outdated techniques with more modern weapons meant they killed many more men than they needed to. That sort of...dedication...to walk towards a line of muskets knowing you're going to die is just...unfathomable.Second, I really loved reading about the conquering of the Central Asian khanates in the eighteenth century. Highly recommended reading is the Great Game by Peter Hopkirk (it's 600 pages, but still worth it
). Just seeing Britain and Russia vie for dominance in an area of the world so often forgotten is interesting. Hmm...that's not a specific battle though, is it. I guess the Siege of Toshkent would be the specific battle from that war which interests me, as symbolically Toshkent, Khiva, and Samarkand were the bastions of Central Asian power in the region.Somalia and Mogadishu have always interested me, Varon, although more the old era back in the AD 800s when Mogadishu was the center of a huge empire which stretched into Saudi Arabia. The Battle of Mogadishu I have read a little about, though.
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I like the old charges, etc.