Archives for the 'history' Category
Party Down
Published on 20 Jul 2007 at 1:09 am.
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Lileks on Facebook 1977. I know I’m not the only one who’s glad none of this existed then. But then, I guess that makes me officially an old fart.
OM’s GMC
Published on 19 Jul 2007 at 12:22 am.
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Filed under history, military.
Greatest Military Commander poll, Round 4 voting now underway, Alexander is ahead.
Kristol Clear
Published on 15 Jul 2007 at 12:30 pm.
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Filed under Bush, history.
Bill Kristol willingly exposes himself to ridicule with claim that Bush admin will be remembered as a success.
Greatest Military Commander
Published on 11 Jul 2007 at 12:17 am.
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New poll over at the Oxford Medievalist’s. It’s a killer.
Read ‘Greatest Military Commander’
Truth Hurts
Published on 3 Jul 2007 at 8:43 am.
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Japanese Defense Minister forced to resign for pointing out that Japan was asking for it.
W. Churchill
Published on 1 Jul 2007 at 11:00 am.
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Churchill author: I know Churchill. W, you’re no Churchill.
Lynne Olson, former Baltimore Sun scribbler, says people see Churchill and Chamberlain as they choose, and goes on to prove the point by comparing Bush to Chamberlain. Appears to have confused the window dressing for the view.
Hail to the Sheets!
Published on 22 Jun 2007 at 11:49 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain, history, pols.
At Iain Dale’s:
Two young American females overheard on the tube…
Girl 1: Every girl would sleep with the President of the United States, wouldn’t she?
Ix-Nay on the Ar-Way
Published on 22 Jun 2007 at 8:25 am.
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Filed under Europe, history.
Poles demand more EU votes to make up for WWII population losses. Sounds fair. I say take theirs from France.
Glance Back
Published on 21 Jun 2007 at 10:34 am.
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Back to the business at hand, you have till Saturday to get your two cents in on the “Who Was The Greatest Influence On Western Civ” poll at the Oxford Medievalist. Scroll down on left column for poll. Here’s the medievalist on the horse race to date (note reference to the comedian who wants to know [...]
Terrorism Works
Published on 20 Jun 2007 at 8:09 am.
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Filed under GWOT, history.
Driscoll on how terrorism works. On Piereson’s Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism, with a quick flashforward.
D-Day
Published on 6 Jun 2007 at 9:43 am.
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Filed under history, military.
63 years ago today.
Ike: Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you!
Daughters of D-Day looks like a good place to visit today.
UPDATE: VIctor Davis Hanson, lessons from the [...]
Study War More
Published on 10 May 2007 at 9:56 am.
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Betsy’s teaching moment on military history:
Given that our nation is at war, and the long war against terrorists won’t end anytime soon, there are lessons from past history of wars that would be enlightening for young people. One lesson they could learn is how no war ever was fought without setbacks and mistakes, sometimes massive mistakes. [...]
Patriot’s Day
Published on 19 Apr 2007 at 2:23 am.
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Orders from Gen. Thomas Gage to Lieut. Col. Smith, 10th Regt. Foot, 18 April 1775:
Having received intelligence, that a quantity of Ammunition, Provisions, Artillery, Tents and small Arms, have been collected at Concord, for the Avowed Purpose of raising and supporting a Rebellion against His Majesty, you will March with a Corps of Grenadiers and [...]
This Day in History …
Published on 15 Apr 2007 at 12:12 pm.
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… is rounded up with links over Castle Argghhh!!! Big day. Titanic sinks. The entire island of Malta is awarded the George Cross. Jackie Robinson’s Major League debut. Bergen-Belson liberated. First helicopter rescue of a downed pilot … earlier than you might think. First flight of the B-52, 55 years old and still blowing the [...]
