I'm a big fan of Liddell Hart. Strangely, I was directed to his book by two science fiction books by Greg Bear, called Forge of God and Anvil of Stars. Good books, if you like sci-fi. Most of the great books I've read have come into my life in serendipitous ways, and Liddell Hart is no exception. I don't know if he ever read the Tao Te Ching, but he writes and thinks as though he had. I have not yet had the pleasure of reading Fuller. I've added Dixon's book to my Amazon list. Looks interesting. While we're speaking of books, I just bought one called The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts. Quite possibly the strangest and most metaphysical book on the subject I've ever seen. You might enjoy it. :-D

I actually haven't been to Almirida Beach, though I've driven past it a number of times on the way to Rethymno and Heraklion. We've been busy this summer, so most of my beach time is spent at local beaches like Marathi and Kalathas. What I really need to do is take a week of leave and make the trek to the south side. Maybe go see the ruins at Phaistos and then spend four or five days at Plakias. Unfortunately, everyone seems to plan to have their crises and last-minute emergency tasking the second I get too far away from the office (how do they always know?). No rest for the wicked. Not too much hanging out with gorgeous quasi-clad European women for the wicked, either. :-(

Glad to hear the war went well. I've always admired Chamberlain. Thucydides wrote, "Any nation that draws too great a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." Chamberlain seemed to embody that ideal. I'm doing it in reverse, and will trade in my khakis for tweed at some point. Oh, and I haven't fought any epic battles like he did. All of mine have been very minor affairs; hardly worth mentioning. I guess I just have to live with that. I'm going to go immerse myself in seawater now. Take care. :-)