The more I read history,m the more I think, "Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy."
You very well might enjoy this essay.
Where was Secular Humanism at Lepanto?
http://www.tomkratman.com/Ranttuloriad.html
The author is a very non-PC military SF writer. He is, unfortunately, not all that great as a writer, but I generally enjoy his books for the very noncomformist POV.