The end of a war certainly is a poignant time. Think of all those men dying for nothing! As a war drags out to its bitter end, politicians show how little regard they have their own people. The politicians only care about holding onto power -- to hell with how many peasants are dying needlessly.
It seemed like a good idea to read about the end of other wars. Since I had never really paid much attention to the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II, and had run into the movie at a local library, I bought a book on this battle by a well-known writer.
It sounded like a good idea, but it didn't work. And that is a real shame. So many details, names, organizational units of the armies, locations. All it added up to was a meaningless blur. So I jumped to the Conclusion. Even that didn't help.
'AI' might improve military history books -- by a lot! We have certainly heard a lot of hype about its great promise. Making military history books intelligible should be the perfect place for AI to deliver.
Imagine an interactive map showing up on every page of the book, with clear and simplified labels keeping up with what is happening on that same page of the book.
The next improvement would be for AI to change the font automatically so that it is never looks like "AI." Make an upper case 'I' look like a real I!
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