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Dennis L. Peterson
May 29, 20203 min
A Surprising and Helpful “Find”
As the first stage of the Corona virus reopenings began in my state, libraries were not included among the businesses released from...
Dennis L. Peterson
May 12, 20202 min
Remembering William Zinsser
Zinsser was born October 7, 1922. Following service in the Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to the United...
Dennis L. Peterson
May 8, 20203 min
The Virtue of Silence
My week started off with a measure of excitement for me. I was able to meet (in a virtual sort of way) an author whose works I’ve long...
Dennis L. Peterson
May 1, 20202 min
Where Has the Time Gone?!
First, he calculated how much time he had had to that point of his life. (I think he was in his mid-70s at the time, having been born...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 28, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Victory Is Certain!
(Excerpted from Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson. Available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx)...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 24, 20203 min
Organized Chaos
“A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind.” That statement often runs through my mind when I look at my desk or wherever I happen...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 17, 20201 min
Blisters over Blather
The Korean War has often been called America’s “forgotten war.” People remember World War II and Vietnam, but sandwiched between those...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 14, 20201 min
Lessons from Sun Tzu, Jomini, and Clausewitz
Throughout much of America’s military history, its strategies of warfare have been based to varying degrees on the teachings of three...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 7, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Knowledgeable Volunteers
http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx.) #writing #DennisLPeterson #Combat #reading #lessonsofhistory #teaching #writers #Militaryhistory #books
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 3, 20202 min
The Open Window
Someone (I conducted a brief online search to discover who, but I found no definitive answer) once said, “When God closes a door, He...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 27, 20203 min
Context Is the Key
Some (dare I say most?) history textbooks present “the big picture,” painting a broad impression of what took place in a particular...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 24, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Faithfulness in the Least
[From Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson, available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx] #writing...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 20, 20202 min
Change and Continuity Revisited
Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 16, 20201 min
Write2Ignite Interview Article
https://write2ignite.com/2020/03/16/combat-part-ii/#respond. #writing #DennisLPeterson #Combat #reading #writers #Militaryhistory...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 10, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: The Way to Leadership
#writing #reading #lessonsofhistory #exemplars #writers #Militaryhistory #books #publishing
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 6, 20203 min
The Conundrum of a 21st-Century Author
Although that scenario is certainly still possible, it is becoming harder and more rare. This new reality came to my attention the other...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 3, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Individual Effort
(from Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History, available at Amazon, http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx) #writing #Christianeducation...
Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 28, 20202 min
Static: Imprecise Language
That quotation came to mind the other day as I read a short article by Stephen Clay McGehee titled “Words Have Meaning” at The Southern...
Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 25, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Followup and Long-Term Success
“The transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next, Sun Tzu taught, was the key to long-term military success. . . . [The...
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