Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One: 1 (Nemesis, 1)

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The book summarized in a few lines: "Great Britain had decided not ot tolerate German hegemony on the Continent. From this vague but powerful instinct flowed the entente with France, the rebuilding of the Royal Navy, and the entente with Russia. The result was a restoration of the balance of power in Europe. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, the future German Chancellor, understood: "You may call it 'encirclement,' 'Balance of Power' or what you will, but the object aimed at and eventually obtained was no other than the welding of a serried and supreme combination of states for obstructing Germany, by diplomatic means at least, in the full development of her growing power." " Of course, Bethmann's take is colored by his allegiances, but that's about right. England, was never going to accept any power threatening its vital sea routes. The Homeland could not survive the loss of food raw materials, or employment tied to its world-wide interests. For England this was an existential fact. Germany had no comparable exposure. Incompatible Orientation: Doc Impossible has tried to date Valkyrja, who is, unfortunately, straight. To a lesser degree, Danny has a celebrity crush on Valkyrja. The Nemesis itself almost certainly qualifies. While it's not sapient, it bends reality — the Lattice Danny makes use of — in a fashion which allows for what might be called 'unreality' to exist. And with a 3,000 year orbital cycle, that may have been responsible for the gods of antiquity. The good news is that “Dreadnought” is very possibly one of the top five history books I have read so far, and I have read quite a few of them by now. Massie manages to visualize all the main characters of the period and make them human. Furthermore, he weaves a mesmerizing slideshow of events, that first very slowly, but then with more and more momentum leads to one of humanity's greatest calamities. The end result is stunning.

Doomed Protagonist: Dreadnoughts tend to be the first line of defense against whatever world ending threat may pop up. No Dreadnought has ever died of natural causes, and Danny doesn't expect to be the exception. I found this book to be an excellent read while being quite exciting, very interesting and most certainly detailed to the point that I wish that I had taken notes ! The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Churchill on the political wrangling that accompanied the budgeting process for ship construction: "In the end a curious and characteristic solution was reached. The Admiralty had demanded six ships; the economists offered four; and we finally compromised on eight." After he and his family left America for France, Massie wrote and published his breakthrough book, Nicholas and Alexandra, a biography of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra of Hesse, and their family and cultural/political milieu. Massie's interest in the Tsar's family was triggered by the birth of his son, the Rev. Robert Kinloch Massie, who suffers from hemophilia, a hereditary disease that also afflicted the last Tsar's son, Alexei. In 1971, the book was the basis of an Academy Award–winning film of the same title. In 1995, in his book The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Massie updated Nicholas and Alexandra with much newly discovered information.Despite this book’s length I wouldn’t describe it as an exhaustive or comprehensive history of the build up to war. Its focus is almost entirely monarchs, statesmen and admirals, not the man on the street. And you won’t get much insight into France, Russia, or anyone other than Britain and Germany (fair enough, the clue’s in the subtitle).

The Call Knows Where You Live: Or at least Calamity does, and she thinks it would be a total waste for you to wait to turn 18 before you start caping.Home Base: Legion tower, a skyscraper in downtown New Port City, is where the Legion Pacifica resides. Grey] stopped for a moment, struggling for words. When he resumed [his speech], his eyes were filled with tears. “Thus, the efforts of a lifetime go for nothing. I feel like a man who has wasted his life.” At dusk that evening, Grey stood with a friend at his window in the Foreign Office, looking down at the lamps being lit in St. James's Park. It was then that the unpoetic Sir Edward Grey uttered the lines which memorably signaled the coming of the First World War. “The lamps are going out all over Europe,” he said. “We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.” Daniels' second book, Sovereign, introduces a genderqueer superhero named Kinetiq, continues to explore the moral and mental health implications of Danny's fights with villains, and has her file for emancipation from her abusive family and find love. [2] [5] [10] Averted at the end: Danny has a Found Family, despite the weirdness. And asks Doc Impossible to adopt her.

Armor-Piercing Question: Valkyrja drops one on Danny at the end of their second meeting, when she asks whether Danny feels safe at home, and offers her quarters at Legion Tower. Danny doesn't know how to respond and leaves in a hurry. Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Sarah gets her equipment from an underground Technopath with money she takes from drug dealers. Later, she relies on Doc Impossible, who it's implied provides the artillery under the table. Barbara Tuchman's brilliant descriptions of naval warfare in The First Salute piqued my interest in the subject. In my readings on WWI, I was especially interested in the Battle of Jutland. I read and loved Massie's trilogy on the Romanovs, so despite the fact that this would be my 900th book on WWI, I decided to delve into this. Massie starts with Queen Victoria, her childhood, her reign as Queen and her offspring. For a long time I did not realize how the major leaders in Europe were all related to each other, having Queen Victoria for a grandmother.Further England understood that Germany could easily become the dominate, dictating power from the English Channel to the Steppes of Russia. Absent the ability of France and Russia to balance against German aspirations, Continental Europe could become another existential threat.