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• Appreciating Veterans at a Bed and Breakfast

  
  Bed & Breakfast Blog. B&B Industry News, Special Events, Packages and Inn Listings for Innkeepers and B&B Travelers. — Authority: 106
  Honor Code - Did you know that a shoe store owner helped turn Veteran’s Day into what it is today?   In the early 1950’s, Al King started a campaign to change Armistice Day, (a day of remembrance to honor those who served in World War I) into a holiday for all war veterans.   Eventually, Congress signed a ...
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• Remembrance Day Special: Richard Holmes’ Christmas Wishlist

  
  5th Estate — Authority: 117
  Between now and Christmas, we’ve asked some of our brilliant authors to provide lists of books they’d like as christmas gifts – either to give or receive. To kick of this series we have esteemed military historian Richard Holmes, with a special selection of Remembrance Day themed books.We also asked Richard to ...
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• The left is objectively pro-fascist

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 489
  Bonn – October 10, 1981: President Reagan watched as warhead of a dummy missile, in the controversial “Peace” rally against stationing of U.S. missiles in Europe. Banner at right reads “Get out of NATO.” Tens of thousands started to march through the capital city in the biggest demonstration in West German ...
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• Two Poorly Understood Sites

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 416
  Rujm al-Malfouf To be honest, I wanted to call this topic “two mysterious sites”, but as we all know, ancient historians must avoid clichés like “mystery”, “lost city”, and “treasure” – that would be the equivalent of “gathering war clouds”, “ghosts from the past”, or “child of ...
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• Fighting Soldiers From The Sky

  
  THE PATRIOT — Authority: 122
  Fighting Soldiers From The Sky.Posted in MILITARY HISTORY, paratrooper, SKY SOLDIERS
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• Perot helps honor Special Operator

  
  THE PATRIOT — Authority: 122
  Perot helps honor Special Operator.Posted in MILITARY HISTORY, paratrooper, SKY SOLDIERS, SOG, special forces
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• Hitler’s Dark December, 1941

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 118
  Why did Adolf Hitler declare war on the United States in 1941? An inexplicable decision explained.
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• Sunday photoblogging – the end of communism

  
  Crooked Timber — Authority: 685
  Two photos today. My partner, Pauline Powell and I visited East Germany and West Berlin in 1984. The first picture is a shot of the Berlin Wall from the western side, and seems appropriate as tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of its fall. The second shot, taken inside the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, announces one of ...
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• Strippers

  
  Investigations of a Dog — Authority: 106
  I’ve been reading Stripping, Sex and Popular Culture by Catherine Roach, which is really good and has made me think about lots of things. These are some random observations about it or inspired by it. The book is mostly about female strippers, although it does include a bit on male stripping. Male and female ...
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• French Chassepot 1866 “Needle Gun”

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 443
  French Chassepot 1866 “Needle Gun” French Soldier with Chassepot 1866 Rifle French 1866 Model Chassepot “Needle Gun” The Chassepot , officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt action military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French ...
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• Qasr Bshir

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 416
  Qasr Bshir A visit to Qasr Bshir ought to be obligatory to any visitor to Jordan. The Roman castle, founded in 306, is not a ruin, as so often, but is almost intact. It is a square fort of about 50×50 meters with four towers, so that it is often typified as a “quadriburgium”. That it is a fascinating place can ...
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• New Years Resolutions: Ten Months On

  
  Midlist Writer — Authority: 99
  At the beginning of the year I posted my New Year’s writing resolutions in order to pressure myself to keep on track. Lets see how I did in September and October. Yeah, I skipped a month. I was busy going from Oxford to Missouri to London to Madrid, researching and writing as I went. Write 7,000 words per week ...
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• The War We Can’t Win

  
  Nevada Thunder — Authority: 121
  side note: It’s always nice to read someone who doesn’t have an agenda……I mean, it’s very rare these days to come across an article that spews commonsense like this. I know it’s Friday and we usually like to have a post a more “fun” stories…but this is a MUST READ! Andrew J. Bacevich Commonweal ...
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• Churchill at War 1940-45 by Sir Charles Watson

  
  Strategist's Personal Library — Authority: 110
  Churchill at War 1940-45 by Sir Charles Watson [aka Lord Moran] a recent reprint of the medical doctors experiences taking care of Churchill. Lots on different personalities British, American and Russian including all the big ones. An introduction by Watsons offspring tries to deflect the criticism put forward by ...
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• Bayonets at Midnight: The Battle of Stony Point

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 118
  When British troops captured the river fortress at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, George Washington was determined to drive them out with force and fixed bayonets.
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• Letter from Military History – January 2010

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 118
  The actions of individual soldiers can have as decisive an impact on military history as high-level strategic and tactical decisions.
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• Letters from Readers – January 2010 Military History

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 118
  Readers letters in the January 2010 issue of Military History sound off about not-so-indomitable Afghanistan, historys most daring military raids, infamous battlescapes and Continental Army Maj. Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne.
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• From non-alignment to poly-alignment

  
  Pragmatic Euphony — Authority: 124
  A must read monograph tracking India’s defence relations with the world. From the brilliant monograph at the Strategic Studies Institute of US Army War College titled India’s Strategic Defense Transformation: Expanding Global Relationships by Lieutenant Colonel Brian Hedrick of US army: India’s interests ...
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• National Geographic’s New Atlas of the Civil War

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 112
  Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1426203470 ISBN-13: 978-1426203473 Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches The good folks at National Geographic sent me a review copy of their new Atlas of the Civil War: A Comprehensive ...
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• REVIEW: Hidden Conflict by Various Authors

  
  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary — Authority: 138
  Dear Authors and Readers. If you will excuse a personal history, you will see its relevance to my review. I enlisted in the Army National Guard after 9/11. I became a US citizen and commissioned (became an officer) in 2003. I accepted a medical retirement in May of this year, at the rank of Captain, after 7 ½ years ...
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