The title is: Citadel: The Battle of Kursk by Robin Cross. I didn’t really plan it this way, but I guess I’ve been on a bit of a WWII Eastern Front thing lately with books. Maybe it’s from too much Hogan’s…
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It’s Time For An Adult Assessment
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With the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki upon us, it might be a good time for right-wingers and self-identified conservatives to take a big-boy look at these events. Two columns below force us to take an uncomfortable…
A Real Life Hogan’s Heroes
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I can’t imagine the stones this guy had. “POW Greasley confronting Heinrich Himmler (in glasses) in the POW camp, demonstrating (with his shirt off) how they need more rations. He was not aware that hthis superior officer was Himmler himself.”…
Why My Lai and Not Hiroshima?
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Dr. Bryan Caplan makes a compelling argument, by asking some very uncomfortable questions. A good (and brief) read worth your time. Tell Me the Difference Between My Lai and Hiroshima, Bryan Caplan – Library of Economics and Liberty: In the…
Book Review: Crisis and Leviathan by Dr. Robert Higgs
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In the last two years I’ve been a lot of essays, columns, etc. from economist Dr. Robert Higgs. Most recently I finished his classic work: Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government. He has really opened…
These WWII Photos Are Amazing
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There are 20 parts. 17 available as of this writing. Don’t miss them, amazing stuff. World War II in Photos – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic: World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The…
The Mediterranean Was a One-Way Trip for WWII U-Boats
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Found this little gem in a book I’m currently reading: MILK COWS: The U-Boat Tankers at War 1941 – 1945 “[Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) of the German Navy] Doenitz never had enough U-boats for his purposes at this stage of the…
Book Review: The Fall of Berlin 1945
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In January I wrapped-up Beevor’s Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege. Beevor’s The Fall of Berlin 1945 picks-up pretty much right after Stalingrad. Here are the details: # Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 # Author: Antony Beevor # Hardcover: 512 pages…
Book Review: Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege by Antony Beevor
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When I was reading Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World a few months ago once of the reviews said that it was to the battle of Trafalgar what Beevor’s book was to the battle of Stalingrad. After reading…
Quick Book Review: FDR’s Folly by Jim Powell
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FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depressionby Jim Powell “ … on April 27, 1942, FDR issues a message to Congress in which he declared, ‘No American ought to have a net income, after he…