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“Blood and Ruins,” a revelatory history
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by British historian Richard Overy. That’s the book that has transformed my mind. So much so, every day I find myself absorbing news about our world and events within it with such … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged ", "Blood and Ruins, Baltic states, Harry Truman, NATO, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, United States and NATO, World War I, World War II
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Who cares why World War I began?
A couple of months ago, a question, disconnected from anything I was doing or thinking at the time, popped up in my head: “How did we — the U.S., that is — get into World War I?” We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Albania, Archduke Franze Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Turkey, World War I, World War II
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The veneration of war and its masters
My parents’ families, first generation Americans, did not give birth to a lot of soldiers. Indeed, a branch of the family — the ones from Odessa — came to the United States in rejection of soldiering. My father’s father went … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Army Air Force, Coast Guard, David Hare, Link Trainer, Odessa, OSS, Plenty, Save The Tiger, Steve Shagan, World War II
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