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• Video : Lara Logan Brings Intelligence to Afghanistan Debate

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 129
  CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was on the Colbert Report earlier this month to speak on Barack Obama’s then newly announced U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. Logan deflected Colbert’s questions with intelligence that took the simple human elements of daily life and the complexities of the situation in ...
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• Charlie Wilson’s War is a Fantasy! by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 520
  Dandelion Saladby Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth GouldSibel Edmonds’ Boiling Frogs PostTuesday, 22. December 2009The Rallying Cry for an Arms Buildup & to End Public Debate about American Foreign Policy on AfghanistanAs the first journalists to enter Kabul in 1981 for CBS News following the expulsion of the ...
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• The Human Face of War

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 126
  The Human Face of War  by Dr. Jim Storr An important new book on military theory and history by British defense expert Dr. Jim Storr , a retired Lt. Colonel, King’s Regiment and an instructor at the UK Defence Academy , was reviewed in Joint Forces Quarterly ( hat tip Wilf Owen ) by Col. Clinton ...
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• The Roman Soldier by G. R. Watson

  
  Strategist's Personal Library — Authority: 128
  The Roman Soldier by G. R. Watson published in 1985 this book uses a slightly unusual method in describing the roman army of the western empire.  This is done through going through a soldiers experiences from beginnings through retirement.  Most histories deal with this by discussing different ranks separately but ...
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• The Hundred Years War, Volume 2: Trial by Fire by Jonathan Sumption

  
  Strategist's Personal Library — Authority: 128
  The Hundred Years War, Volume 2: Trial by Fire by Jonathan Sumption massive just like the first volume that I reviewed last year.  This takes the conflict through 1347.  Most of the narrative discusses the various attempts at peace.  Theres also quite a bit on the different Companies freebooters who turned much of ...
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• Machiavelli’s advice about Afghanistan

  
  Travels with Shiloh — Authority: 426
  I’m reading David Loyn’s ‘ In Afghanistan ‘ which is history of British, Russian and American military intervention in that country.  It’s quite a good read although there isn’t much here to make you think our current efforts will turn out much better.  Loyn’s description of British and Russian ...
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• Bing Crosby Nails It

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 434
  On December 21, 1944, Bing Crosby had a few things to say to his countrymen about the war.
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• The Twelve Days Before Christmas and an Open Letter to The House

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 135
  Recently I and other concerned Americans petitioned our representatives in the House of Congress to vote NO on HR 867, a resolution that called for President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose the United Nations consideration of the Goldstone Report. My Congressperson Ginny Brown-Waite co-sponsored the ...
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• Today in History: Linebacker II Begins

  
  Chaotic Synaptic Activity — Authority: 103
  When the enemy thinks they can stall peace talks, how do you respond?  With a diplomatic tools that “communicates” beyond the Paris meeting room. On this day in 1972, Linebacker II , the largest air campaign since WWII began, with Air force and Navy planes filling the skies over North Vietnam. For 11 days, ...
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• Wolfe versus Crerar: who would win?

  
  Christopher Moore's Canadian History — Authority: 424
  Well, both, actually. The C.P. Stacey Award in Canadian military history this year is shared by biographies of the two generals. The Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War and the Canadian Commission of Military History are pleased to announce two winners for the 2008 C.P. Stacey Award. From a ...
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• Cutthroat Careerism: Navy, Part 36

  
  Legion Magazine — Authority: 111
  The first months of Newfoundland Escort Force operations were trying. The rapidly expanding Royal Canadian Navy was confronted with the harsh realities of both war and the brutal northwest Atlantic. NEF made the system of trans-Atlantic convoys possible, but it pushed the capabilities and stamina of the burgeoning ...
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• A New World War for a New World Order: The Origins of World War III, Part 3 by Andrew Gavin Marshall

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 520
  by Andrew Gavin MarshallFeatured WriterDandelion SaladDecember 17, 2009This is Part 3 of the Series, “The Origins of World War III”Part 1: An Imperial Strategy for a New World Order: The Origins of World War IIIPart 2: Colour-Coded Revolutions and the Origins of World War III, Part 2 by Andrew ...
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• Reading WW2 Propaganda Posters: Silence

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  So, I seem to have pissed off some militant WW2 buff-wads (like Fred ) with my queries in the post below. Let’s see if I can piss off some more of them! This next set of American WW2 proraganda posters focuses on SILENCE as patriotic, which I think is veeeeery interesting! I’m interested here in ...
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• Vermont Already Planning Civil War Sesquicentennial

  
  New York History — Authority: 428
  April 12, 2011 will mark the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and the Vermont Historical Society (VHS) has already begun leading the statewide planning effort for the Vermont Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration. With educational institutions, state agencies and other nonprofit organizations, VHS ...
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• The Red-Haired Captive and the Fight at Pinta Trail Crossing

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 434
  In 1841 Chief Yellow Wolf and his Comanche raiders were heading back to Hill Country with an Irish prisoner when Captain Jack Hays and his company of Texas Rangers attacked.
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• The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson

  
  California Literary Review — Authority: 417
  In some respects, the Thirty Years War resembles the Great War of 1914-1918. Political friction in Central Europe sparked a rush to arms that dragged in nations and peoples whose best interests lay in peace not war. With the focus of Europe’s economic activity shifting toward the Atlantic Ocean and the East Indian ...
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• Arab Soldiers/Warriors of WWI

  
  War and Game — Authority: 136
  The imminence of the Turkish collapse had been evident for some time. After the army’s victories at Gallipoli and Kut, its vital energy had ebbed away. The continuing campaign in the Caucasus against the Russians had sapped its strength and chronic administrative inefficiency had deprived it of replacements. Though ...
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• French Émigré Armies

  
  War and Game — Authority: 136
  The émigré armies of the French Revolutionary Wars were armies raised outside of France by and out of Royalist émigrés, with the aim of overthrowing the French Revolution, reconquering France and restoring the monarchy. These were aided by royalist armies within France itself, such as the Chouans, and by allied ...
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• Soldier of the Week – MAJ Troy Scott

  
  You Served - Veteran and Military Blog and Military Podcast — Authority: 560
  Faced with split-second decisions regarding life and death, Soldiers are trained to evaluate the situation and act in the next moment, knowing that their decision will affect not only themselves, but other Soldiers in their unit. On Jan. 5, 2009, Maj. Troy Scott was faced with one such decision, and acted without ...
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• Rana is no Gandhi: FBI to court

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 15 (IANS) Pakistan-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, accused of complicity in the Mumbai terror attacks, “is no Gandhi”, say US prosecutors questioning his self-portrayal as a man of non-violence.“Ironically, in invoking the name of a man who embodied the principles of ...
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