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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 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Remembrance Day Special: Richard Holmes’ Christmas Wishlist


    5th EstateAuthority 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 ...
    3 hours ago
  • The left is objectively pro-fascist


    The Real RevoAuthority 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 ...
    4 hours ago
  • Two Poorly Understood Sites


    New at LacusCurtius & LiviusAuthority 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 ...
    9 hours ago
  • Fighting Soldiers From The Sky


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


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


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


    Crooked TimberAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Strippers


    Investigations of a DogAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • French Chassepot 1866 “Needle Gun”


    Dummidumbwit's WeblogAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • Qasr Bshir


    New at LacusCurtius & LiviusAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • New Years Resolutions: Ten Months On


    Midlist WriterAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • The War We Can’t Win


    Nevada ThunderAuthority 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 ...
    3 days ago
  • Churchill at War 1940-45 by Sir Charles Watson


    Strategist's Personal LibraryAuthority 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 ...
    3 days ago
  • Bayonets at Midnight: The Battle of Stony Point


    HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine PublisherAuthority 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.
    3 days ago
  • Letter from Military History – January 2010


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


    HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine PublisherAuthority 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.
    3 days ago
  • From non-alignment to poly-alignment


    Pragmatic EuphonyAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • National Geographic’s New Atlas of the Civil War


    Wig-WagsAuthority 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 ...
    5 days ago
  • REVIEW: Hidden Conflict by Various Authors


    Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and CommentaryAuthority 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 ...
    5 days ago

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