(September 23, 2015 at 7:54 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I read de Tocqueville in college....more years ago than I care to admit.
Around the same time - probably for the same class - I read Parkman's History of the French and Indian War and, since I was at the State University of NY at Oswego it was interesting that Fort Oswego was such an instrumental part of the Comte du Montcalm's campaign. I noted that the "fort" never managed to hold out against an attack for more than a few days in the lounge one night. One of my buddies looked out the window, where it was snowing and blowing as usual, and said "why would anyone fight to stay here?" The Fort was a few miles from where we were sitting.
Cool!
As for de Tocqueville, I also read it in college... and I'm just not going to think about how long ago that was, right now.
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