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		<title>Book Review: Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA by Randall B. Woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA by Randall B. Woods is &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/book-review-shadow-warrior-william-egan-colby-and-the-cia-by-randall-b-woods/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ralph Peters is Correct Once Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too late for Syria: Radicals now rule the rebellion is the latest Piece from Ralph Peters in the New York Post and this one deals with the wisdom or folly of US intervention in Syria.  I generally agree with Col. Peters as he is one of &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/ralph-peters-is-correct-once-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Support the Syrian Rebels?: How stupid can the West be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers:  Yet for some unfathomable reason the Administration is talking about providing support to the rebel groups in Syria.  The video is below (Warning, it is graphic). After watching just contemplate that these &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/support-the-syrian-rebels-how-stupid-can-the-west-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Periodic World Craziness Update # 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest month’s wackiness in the world of international relations, politics, and  brinkmanship. North Korea demands US withdrawal from peninsula before resuming talks: Now we know that the North is just posturing and has no stomach to start a hot war with &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/periodic-world-craziness-update-17/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have probably read 30-40 books exploring the origins of World War I in the past 5-6 years and I thought that just about everything relevant there was to be known about the events of the month leading up to &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/book-review-july-1914-countdown-to-war-by-sean-mcmeekin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Middle War&#8221;: The new normal going forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic and International Studies has just released Beyond the Last War: Balancing Ground Forces and Future Challenges Risk in USCENTCOM and USPACOM.  The report makes for interesting reading.  What I found the most interesting aside from the scenarios considered &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/05/middle-war-the-new-normal-going-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run;  Which Should it Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is more in the nature of a question.  I am currently putting together a post on the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run.  Typically, those from the South refer to the battle as First Manassas and the North as &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/first-battle-of-manassasbull-run-which-should-it-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online Piracy &#8211; By the Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was doing some research today for my capstone BS in IT class and ran across this very interesting Infographic about the economic consequences of all that pirated music and movies most people have on their PC&#8217;s and decided to share it. &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/online-piracy-by-the-numbers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Discourse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to not have my blog be political but sometimes I digress and this post is one of those times.  I have made it no secret that I am politically conservative.  I don&#8217;t think I am rabidly conservative but &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/politics-and-discourse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History by Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History is a very interesting book.  I picked it up because we had a three hour bus ride to get to my son&#8217;s football game and my wife was using my Kindle.  I am certainly glad &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/book-review-castles-and-fortified-cities-of-medieval-europe-an-illustrated-history-by-jean-denis-g-g-lepage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Periodic World Craziness Update # 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest month’s wackiness in the world of international relations, politics, and  brinkmanship. Obama Says Iran A Year Away From Nuclear Weapon: The most telling quote and also begging a question from this piece is: &#8220;Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/periodic-world-craziness-update-16/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Death in the Baltic by Cathryn J. Prince</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author for purposes of reviewing it. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] The Wilhelm Gustloff was a German built &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/book-review-death-in-the-baltic-by-cathryn-j-prince/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Thatcher Passes away</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher  the famous Iron Lady of 1980&#8242;s Britain and only female Prime Minister in English History has passed away in London from an apparent stroke.  She will be remembered as one of the most effective Prime Ministers in British history.  Not least among her accomplishments &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/margaret-thatcher-passes-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blueprint North Carolina or, How should treason really be defined?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to add this because I think everybody should read this document.  I ran across a mention of it yesterday while perusing some political sites and then had to find the originally posted document and read it myself &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/04/blueprint-north-carolina-or-how-should-treason-really-be-defined/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Dresden: A Survivor&#8217;s Story by Victor Gregg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] Victor Gregg&#8217;s Dresden: A Survivor&#8217;s Story is a short work describing the author&#8217;s experience &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/book-review-dresden-a-survivors-story-by-victor-gregg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build and Fire a Medieval Trebuchet</title>
		<link>http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/how-to-build-and-fire-a-medieval-trebuchet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would not want to build their own Trebuchet and rain down destruction on various targets in their backyard? I know I did. Luckily, I got a Trebuchet kit from my wife for Christmas. The below video is the result of that and one &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/how-to-build-and-fire-a-medieval-trebuchet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Promotion: The Mogadishu Diaries: Bloodlines by Eddie Thompkins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loyal readers, I was approached by Mr Thompkins via email about reviewing his novel The Mogadishu Diaries: Bloodlines. This is a self-published work and one I will not be able to read for at least a month because of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/the-mogadishu-diaries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Sign of Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<title>Similarities Between the 1920&#8242;s and Today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently reading The Origins of the First World War (3rd Edition), during a pause in my reading I started thinking about not the origins of WWI but its results.  To say that the peace of Versailles was flawed &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/similarities-between-the-20s-and-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Periodic World Craziness Update # 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest month’s wackiness in the world of international relations, politics, and  brinkmanship. Pressure builds in Iran nuclear stand-off:  It is quite simple really.  Nobody wants to do anything with regards to the Iranian quest for nuclear weapons that can really stop &#8230; <a href="http://www.military-history.us/2013/03/periodic-world-craziness-update-15/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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