A testament to the power of man’s free will both for the good of a nation but also to the detriment of a vast people and the soul of the person pushing their will to power. The battles which so often seem on the mainstream to be about the path of a nation, or the potential undermining of the status quo and the current power structure most often came from the stubborn wills of the people involved. When reading the text, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the fact that these feuds ultimately wrought some semblance of change upon a much wider world than that of the two foes boxing out whatever their beef might be. I recently picked up a copy of Colin Evans’ Great Feuds In History: Ten Struggles That Shaped The World, an enticing joyride through some of the most interesting moments in the last 500 years where rulers, politicians, families, and dictators reveal some of mankind’s more dastardly capabilities towards revenge and jealousy.
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