Jimmy wrote --

 JM>>   My reading is non-fiction, history, etc.

 JA> I respect that, but I'm not a non-fiction reader for the most part. :-) If
 JA> I get interested in a subject I'll read about that subject, but in general
 JA> I prefer sci-fi, specficially time travel.

  I've always been interested in time travel.
  I have noticed reading history an event will often hinge on one small item
that the good guys/bad guys did or didn't do which set off a series of events
that changed history.
  Two that come to mind are Napoleon at Waterloo who had a minor (in the scheme
of things) physical problem the took him out of command for a short period of
time.  The other is Hitler at D-Day where he gave orders a day or so before he
was NOT to be disturbed for ANY reason for a couple of days and the generals
didn't know what to do.  Disturb him and risk problems, or overstep their
authority and do something on their own, since Adolph was micro-managing the
war at that point?

 JA> ... A mind is a terrible thing to ugh...  I forgot...

   Old tag line from way back:  A waist is a terrible thing to mind.  :)
   Joe