Joseph Stoltz, Ph.D.
Dr. Joseph F. Stoltz, Ph.D. is a historian of military thought, armed conflict, and international affairs. He has more than twenty years of experience in public history, the museum world, and historical consulting.
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The OG Defund the Police Guy?!: Machiavelli’s THE Art of War and the Art of War
Nicolo Machiavelli is the now much maligned author of The Prince, a book he wrote to try and get into the good graces of the…
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The “Unitary Executive”: Machiavelli’s The Prince and Trump 2.0
While recently rereading Machiavelli’s The Prince, I couldn’t help but compare and contrast his advice to the past year of the Trump administration. Machiavelli specifically wrote The…
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Exnovating to Extinction: Tacitus’s Annals and the Slow Death of Empire
Tacitus wrote his Annals in the hope of reforming the Roman system and staving off collapse and disaster. Though he lived during Rome’s period of on-man-rule, he…
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The Reign of Nero: Tacitus’ Annals, Part III
Tacitus’ Annals closes with the reign of the emperor Nero. He ascended to the throne after the death, possibly murder, of his adopted father, Claudius.…
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The Reign of Claudius: Tacitus’ Annals, Part II
Claudius was in many ways an unexpected emperor. He had a number of physical infirmities because of an illness he suffered when young. During the…
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The Reign of Tiberius: Tacitus’ Annals, Part I
Tacitus’ Annals is a powerful work that starts from the beginning with an incisive edge. Tacitus was not a fan of the empire, especially as…
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