Category Political History
The best descriptive term I have yet heard for the President’s proposed attack on Syria is Nanoassault. It best describes the comedic effect of what we are now watching vis-a-vis Syria and chemical weapons.
If there is one book in the realm of history or political science any informed person needs to read this year then Niall Ferguson’s The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die is it. In this short book Ferguson… Continue Reading →
[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] Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American… Continue Reading →
 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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
I try to not have my blog be political but sometimes I digress and this post is one of those times. Â I have made it no secret that I am politically conservative. Â I don’t think I am rabidly conservative but… Continue Reading →
Margaret Thatcher the famous Iron Lady of 1980’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… Continue Reading →
I just wanted to add this because I think everybody should read this document. Â 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… Continue Reading →
[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’s Dresden: A Survivor’s Story is a short work describing the author’s experience… Continue Reading →
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. Â To say that the peace of Versailles was flawed… Continue Reading →
I saw this today and just had to throw it out there. Â Feel free to berate me in the comments if you dislike it.
I picked up Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love by Fran Hawthorne at my local library because I figured the book would be good for a laugh.  I was not wrong.  I was also treated to… Continue Reading →
This post is a direct result of my frustration with the garbage spouted by history teachers in the modern education system.  The subject is a photo taken during the Vietnam War and the lies that have grown up around the events leading… Continue Reading →
The Best quote about the failure of COIN I have read so far comes from Ralph Peters in a piece today in the New York Post. But the simple fact the wise men missed was that killing terrorists works, while… Continue Reading →