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• Polybius’ Portrait

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 423
  Cast of Polybius lost portrait Kleitor was a major town in Arcadia, not far from a river named Aroanios. Pausanias complains that, even though he waited until sunset, he did not hear the singing spotted fish for which Kleitor used to be famous. There are a few remains, and perhaps even that is an overstatement: ...
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• Fighting German Jets: Air Force, Part 36

  
  Legion Magazine — Authority: 109
  The original concepts of jet engines go back to 1910, but practical development only began about 1928 when a young Royal Air Force officer, Frank Whittle, began working on one; his first patent was filed in 1930 and his first test-bed engine was run in 1937, although it was too large to fit in any aircraft. Meanwhile, ...
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• Superpower (2008)

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 524
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ICHDec. 24, 2009Genre: Political/Historical DocumentaryLogline: “The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.” ~Harry S. TrumanLength: 119 minutesThe heart of Superpower lies in the analysis produced from a re-examination of history through a series of ...
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• Merry Christmas

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 143
  The panzer Santa, with well-filled sack of radios, books, cookies, and other gifts dear to soldiers hearts, glides up to the door of the barracks in Camp Lees Quartermaster Corps and it isnt hampered by lack of snow in Virginia. Camp Lee, Virginia, Quartermaster Replacement Center. December 1941. (U.S. Army photo.) ...
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• Metallurgy and Firearm Barrel Construction: Some Facts

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 152
  With over 60million unskilled armament owners in the US, tooling and commerce and restoring handguns and rifles crapper be a multi-million note business. Over digit meg of those owners ingest their guns for self-defense apiece year, but do they modify undergo where or how their armament was designed. This article ...
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• Honoring the Passing of a Hero

  
  You Served - Veteran and Military Blog and Military Podcast — Authority: 564
  At a time when the nation has been focused on health care legislation, winter storms, and the post office hostage issue, our nation has lost a hero and will probably never realize it. Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard, a Medal of Honor winner and one of America’s most decorated soldiers, died Wednesday in Waco ...
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• A debt owed to General Walker

  
  War and Game — Authority: 136
  Gen. Walton Walker (1889-1950), the commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, provided the foothold for the Incheon landing by defending the 240-kilometer-long (149.1 mile) front line along the Nakdong River from Yeongdeok to Masan, spanning 160 kilometers north to south and 80 kilometers east to west. He set foot on Korean ...
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• Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 423
  Model of the Mausoleum of Augustus Everyone has an innocent private sin. For instance, if I visit Rome, I prefer Chinese food for dinner, and in the afternoon, I like McDonald’s for lunch. (I want to see things, so I don’t want to waste time; fast food is fine with me.) Another sin I must confess is that amongst ...
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• Video : Lara Logan Brings Intelligence to Afghanistan Debate

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 127
  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: 524
  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: 125
  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: 430
  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: 135
  On December 21, 1944, Bing Crosby had a few things to say to his countrymen about the war.
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• Cannons and Artillery: Heavy Weapons Through Time

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 510
  The name ‘cannon’ can be found in many languages where it was originally defined and can be translated as cane or tube. In recent times, ‘cannon’ is not used as much and words such as ‘guns’ or ‘artillery’ have generally replaced the older word. Often more specific terms can be used and names like ...
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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: 109
  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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