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• We Our Political Opponents Dropped the Ball on Tora Bora

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 656
  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has historically been a place for bipartisanship—a place where both parties and all members come together to advance America’s interests in the world. -Senator John Frakkin’ Kerry, Chairman of U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . As with the 2006 Senate ...
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• Sideshow II? Origins of the Mediterranean Campaign

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 432
  The Mediterranean Campaign simply could not be avoided. Where else were the Western Allies going to be fighting the Germans in 1943?
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• The Royal War Ship Wasa (King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden)

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 144
  The Royal War Ship Wasa The Royal Ship Vasa Vasa (or Wasa) was a warship that was built for King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden from 1626 to 1628. The ship foundered and sank after sailing less than a nautical mile (ca 2 km) into her maiden voyage on 10 ...
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• Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War.

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 144
  Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII Swedish: Karl XII (Latinized to Carolus Rex “King Charles”, Turkish Demirbaş Şarl “Charles the Habitué”) (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718) was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. Charles was the only surviving son of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika ...
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• Troops called out in Bloomington Normal Illinois, Mother Jones appears!!!

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 144
  Troops called out in Bloomington Normal Illinois Mother Jones appears!!! Mother Jones played key role in 1917 streetcar strike Pantagraph.com: May 12, 2007 By Bill Steinbacher-Kemp Archivist/Librarian, McLean County Museum of History BLOOMINGTON — Mother Jones , the ...
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• How to Create a Documentary With Public Domain Images and Film…

  
  47 Movies — Authority: 159
  People are fascinated by history documentaries – stories of wars, biographies of important historical figures, everyday life in well known cities, evolution of technology and many other aspects of our rich collective history. This fascination is evident by all the channels on television devoted to this sort of ...
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• 11-26-08: Islamic jihad in Mumbai killed 183, wound 400 (video)

  
  Creeping Sharia — Authority: 606
  Never forget. India is as close to the heart of Islamic jihad as any nation, neighboring the former-Indian territory of Pakistan, where the “26/11″ attacks emanated. TANVEER JAFRI: …instead of learning lessons from 26/11 and committing itself to non-repetition of such incident, Pakistani rulers are ...
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• Paul I’s Military

  
  War and Game — Authority: 136
  Paul, Catherine’s only legitimate child, detested his mother. Catherine raised Paul’s sons and toyed with the idea of bypassing him for the throne, but did nothing concrete before her death in 1796. Rightly paranoid over his mother’s intentions, Paul had established his own court and military units outside St. ...
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• Obama and Afghanistan

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 113
  Before we close up shop for the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to highlight some excellent commentary on President Obama’s impending decision about how to proceed with the war in Afghanistan. The President is scheduled to make an announcement next Tuesday, December 1, about his intentions for America’s next steps. ...
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• Original Sin

  
  The Committee of Public Safety — Authority: 488
  I own most of noted British military historian John Keegan’s books except a few. Keegan has written some indisputable classics of military history like The Face of Battle , The Mask of Command , The Price of Admiralty , and Six Armies in Normandy . However, he’s produced a few howlers like Fields ...
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• Letter from American History – February 2010

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 432
  Washington’s PrudenceDuring the early stages of the Revolutionary War, patriot leaders hoped Canadians would recognize the righteousness of their struggle against imperial tyranny and join the resistance. But when George Washington launched a surprise assault on the British garrison at Quebec in the fall of 1775, no ...
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• Sideshow? The Mediterranean Campaign

  
  HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher — Authority: 432
  To many, the Mediterranean campaign was the ultimate sideshow--a huge allotment of resources for meager results. This week: the case against the campaign. Next week: the case for it.
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• Fiddler’s Green

  
  Neptunus Lex — Authority: 619
  A Medal of Honor awardee , and the leader of the last bayonet charge in US military history has stepped into the clearing at the end of the path: (Retired Army Col. Lewis L .) Millet received the Medal of Honor for his actions Feb. 7, 1951. He led the 25th Infantry Division’s Company E, 27th Infantry, in a ...
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• Battle of Boroughbridge: Significance in Military History

  
  War and Game — Authority: 136
  The ArmiesROYAL ARMYThe royal forces were under the command of Sir Andrew de Harcla, warden of Carlisle and the Western Marches. They were drawn largely from Cumberland and Westmorland and, according to one account, numbered 4000. It is clear from the various accounts of the battle that they comprised a mix of ...
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• CAPTCHAS Suck

  
  The Committee of Public Safety — Authority: 488
  The Mighty Curtis Gale Weeks, He Who Has Tasted Internet Death and Laughed, comments : You and Peter and David appear to be merely reinventing the wheel. For instance, in 2007, I had already written about the kinds of problems both you and Peter have been discussing, in “ X vs X:Boom and the Generations in ...
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• New Acquisition – Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 113
  I’ve made a number of new acquisitions over the past few weeks. I bought this book to assist with an assignment on the command skills of Abraham Lincoln. Author Eliot A. Cohen (left), also examines the records of Georges Clemenceau , Winston Churchil l and David Ben-Gurion in an effort to synthesize why they ...
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• Dominoes Through the Generations

  
  The Committee of Public Safety — Authority: 488
  I’ve been following Kotare’s examination of the Generations of War (4GW) framework over at The Strategist : On the bullshit of “generations of war” Roots – the origin of “generations of war” “We few, we happy few, we band of [1GW] brothers” “Cohorts of War” – a general framework ...
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• 15 years ago today, Charlie Rose discusses jihad in America (video)

  
  Creeping Sharia — Authority: 606
  A follow-up to yesterday’s post on the PBS documentary ‘Jihad in America’. The video below is an episode of Charlie Rose. It aired on PBS fifteen years ago today . Watch it. Charlie Rose hosts the executive producer of the documentary, Steve Emerson, and three Muslims (3 on 1). They are one-time CAIR ...
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• FedEx: Honoring the Sacrifices of the Vietnam War

  
  Chaotic Synaptic Activity — Authority: 112
  I have been alerted of this recently begun project by FedEx to created a “Digital Wall,” to honor those service members who died in the Vietnam War. Impact: Huge. Ease of execution: Easy. Take up to three pictures of those any of the FedEx/Kinko’s offices to be captured for history. Do you have ...
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• WWII in HD – Recommend

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 113
  I’ve been catching the WWII in HD series running on The History Channel when I can today. Much of the footage has never been seen on television. Good study guide on History.com along with other supporting information. RECOMMEND! Tagged: History Channel, History Documentaries, History.com, World War ...
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