Joseph Stoltz

The Gulf Theater, 1813–15 - Casemate Publishers US The Gulf Theater shaped the War of 1812, culminating in Andrew Jackson’s victory at New Orleans.While most of the fighting of the War of 1812 raged along t...

My book about the War of 1812’s Gulf Theatre is being rereleased by @casematepublishers.bsky.social, with even more content, this spring! Preorder it here!

Lysander and Sulla: Plutarch’s Lives, Part XII Lysander and Sulla were domineering figures that, while successful military leaders, were disasters in the political realm, failing to understand the differences between those two realms. Lysander …

Lysander and Sulla were toxic leaders. However good of a job they did as battlefield or operational commanders, they failed to understand or honor the civil constitutions they served.

Fueled by self-aggrandizement and personal grievances, they brought about the downfalls of their countries.

Lysander and Sulla: Plutarch’s Lives, Part XII Lysander and Sulla were domineering figures that, while successful military leaders, were disasters in the political realm, failing to understand the differences between those two realms. Lysander …

Lysander and Sulla were toxic leaders. However good of a job they did as battlefield or operational commanders, they failed to understand or honor the civil constitutions they served.

Fueled by self-aggrandizement and personal grievances, they brought about the downfalls of their countries.

Creole-style gumbo. ⚜️

Pyrrhus and Marius: Plutarch’s Lives, Part XI Pyrrhus of Epirus and Gaius Marius of Rome were two accomplished generals. Their success came from a willingness to take risks and seek battle to an extent many of their peers would not. Their down…

Leaders should be working towards some sort of realistic conceptual framework of victory. In the cause of Pyrrhus and Marius, we find military leaders who often fought battles simply for the sake of fighting battles, not using those events to build towards some sort of articulated end state.

Mon bonhomme, you simply must show us what you do with dessert!

Philopoemen and Titus Flaminus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part X In Plutarch’s biographies of Philopoemen and Titus Flaminius, we see powerful examples of war not just being about winning battles but also securing peace. Unlike many of Plutarch’s other pairs of …

Why did many Greeks find the Roman Flaminius to be more of a "Liberator of Greece" than the Greek Philopoemen? Find out by reading my latest notes on Plutarch's LIVES, and, hint, it wasn't because on of them has a way easier name to spell!

Philopoemen and Titus Flaminus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part X In Plutarch’s biographies of Philopoemen and Titus Flaminius, we see powerful examples of war not just being about winning battles but also securing peace. Unlike many of Plutarch’s other pairs of …

Why did many Greeks find the Roman Flaminius to be more of a "Liberator of Greece" than the Greek Philopoemen? Find out by reading my latest notes on Plutarch's LIVES, and, hint, it wasn't because on of them has a way easier name to spell!

Aristides and Marcus Cato: Plutarch’s Lives, Part IX With his biographies of Aristides and Marcus Cato (Cato the Elder), we see a continuing focus by Plutarch on the importance of virtue in civic and military leaders.

Plutarch's LIVES provides powerful examples of the importance of virtuous civil and military leaders in his biographies of Aristides and Marcus Cato (Cato the Elder).

Pelopidas and Marcellus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part VIII With his biographies of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, Plutarch continues a trend of focusing not just on the military prowess of his subjects but also their moral virtue. Indeed, his biography of T…

Senior leaders' jobs are to do senior leaders' jobs, not their subordinates.

Plutarch's biographies of Pelopidas and Marcellus are examples of what happens when senior leaders don't understand they need to act at their level of leadership.

a man in a deadpool costume is sitting in a car ALT: a man in a deadpool costume is sitting in a car

Hell yeah! Looking forward to it!

“Guys, THIS TIME, my plan will work!”

Has there been a Fabius name check yet?

Last night’s project: maple and balsamic glazed chicken on a bed of caremelized apples and autumnal root vegetables.

I hope it’s like the old game Operation and it screams if you touch the gums.

Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part VII With his biographies of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, Plutarch continues a trend of focusing not just on the military prowess of his subjects but also their moral virtue. Indeed, his biography of T…

Plutarch's LIVES doesn't just promote military victors. It critiques leaders who lacked virtue.

With Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, we see his ideal military and political leaders: people who understood that if you're profiting from the public service, it's not a service to the public.

Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part VII With his biographies of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, Plutarch continues a trend of focusing not just on the military prowess of his subjects but also their moral virtue. Indeed, his biography of T…

Plutarch's LIVES doesn't just promote military victors. It critiques leaders who lacked virtue.

With Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus, we see his ideal military and political leaders: people who understood that if you're profiting from the public service, it's not a service to the public.

a gmc ad with a hockey mascot on it Alt: Montreal Canadiens mascot Youppi dancing at center ice.

#Habs win !

That was the case in the “Founders” day. Washington had to get a federal judge or SCOTUS justice to sign off on the fact that there was in fact a state of insurrection for the Whisky Rebellion. Wasn’t up to POTUS to just declare there was one.

The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

Alcibiades and Coriolanus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part VI Alcibiades was a prominent young Athenian at the time of the Peloponnesian War’s first phase. His family had strong familial connections with Sparta and had been a primary conduit for mediating dis…

Concerns about military deference to governmental authority is nothing new. In my latest post exploring Plutarch's LIVES, I explore the biographies of Alcibiades and Coriolanus.

Alcibiades and Coriolanus: Plutarch’s Lives, Part VI Alcibiades was a prominent young Athenian at the time of the Peloponnesian War’s first phase. His family had strong familial connections with Sparta and had been a primary conduit for mediating dis…

Concerns about military deference to governmental authority is nothing new. In my latest post exploring Plutarch's LIVES, I explore the biographies of Alcibiades and Coriolanus.

Finally got to cook in the new Connecticut apartment, so New England clam chowder seemed like the appropriate dish to kick things off with! 

Pericles and Fabius: Plutarch’s Lives, Part V Pericles was an Athenian politician born after the Grecco-Persian War. He sided more frequently than not with the democratic forces in the city and feuded often with Cimon, an Athenian demagogue th…

First post in a few months because I was settling into the new job, but the books are unpacked and the work continues!

Check out my take on Plutarch's biographies of Pericles and Fabius!

Fair. You have to come visit in CT. Making new surprising discoveries everyday.

Bring kolaches on your way back!

Happy new hockey season to all who celebrate!

Bonne nouvelle saison de hockey à tous ceux qui la célèbrent !

How were there so many books to move?! 😭😂