I would recommed this for anyone inerested in history and the politics of gunboat diplomacy. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780060534257&itm=1
I've got about a hundred pages left of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. I've been reading it for about 3 months. My next couple of books are going to be ST Vanguard and SW, respectively. I need some frakkin' fluff!
Marso go read guns germs and steel if you want to learn how geography dictates history makes DUne chornicles main theme understandable :0)