I have long felt that too much history is being lost as the generations die off (not only about war but daily life in other eras). My family, however, has 28 diaries that my grandfather kept during the Russo-Japanese War; it is only through his writing that I've been able to get a sense of [...]

The 2001 9/11 attack delivered a psychological shock to the United States from which we have yet to recover. We felt secure before that day. Afterwards, we felt insecure. Much of what we have done since then has been to recapture that lost sense of security. Among other things, military spending has more than doubled. The [...]

Today is the 179th birthday of the French Foreign Legion, one of the more interesting and romanticized military units in history. And if anyone deserves to be romanticized, La Legion probably does. From its earliest days its ranks have included that strange blend of criminals, exiles, failures, and idealists who somehow manage to come together [...]

In previous blogs I've talked about the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and funding decisions on their development and procurement. Here are some links to articles on the two potential rivals to these aircraft, one in development by the Chinese and one in joint development by Russia and India. First, here's a link to a [...]

In the last twelve months there has been a string of successful arrests of potential domestic terrorists with collections of bomb-making equipment as well as illegal weapons arsenals, in at least one case including antitank rockets. All were in possession of ideological tracts or videos of terrorist organizations. In the last twelve months, individuals associated [...]

For decades there has been a clear fault line in western economic theory between "sweet-water" and "salt-water" economists. The names derive from the geography of their centers of power: the salt-water economists are based in universities on the two coasts of the United States. The sweet-water economists count the University of Chicago as their Mecca, [...]

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There once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger. At the end of the ride,            She was inside, And the smile graced the face of the tiger. As we've talked about here before, Iran has lavished considerable time and resources on dealing with the rising tide of unrest represented by the Green Movement. [...]

The X-27B, a smaller unmanned version of the orbital shuttle funded by the military budget and built at the Boeing Phantom Works in Southern California, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center and is being prepped for its first launch, scheduled for April. You may not have heard about this program -- after all, it's mostly [...]

This past week the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan passed the 1,000 mark. Over a third of those deaths took place last year, by far the bloodiest year of the war. With 54 U.S. service people dead in the first two months of 2010, we are on track for another near-record year, but you really [...]

Japan is contradictory when dealing with the darker side of its military history. The government issues numerous apologies for hardships caused by Japanese imperialism. For example, in 2009 the Japanese Foreign Minister apologised for the Bataan Death March. But Japan also denies its war crimes. In 2007 The Japanese Prime Minister stated that there is [...]

A few days ago I wrote a column on the parallels between gridlock in Seventeenth Century Poland and the current United States Senate. My tentative conclusion was that we might have come to the place where nothing short of a rule change would break things free. And things need to get broken free. Unless you are [...]

Hi everybody! I'm a staffmember of the ACG Forums and I've just become a blogger. I intend to be writing articles on a regular basis as I love all aspects of history and I love writing. Now I can combine the two ;-) Read you around !!!!

Bonapartists in the United States and their landmarks: a Brief History The fall of Napoleon in 1815 resulted in a massive exile of former French veterans and Bonapartists to the America’s. The reason for this diaspora are many. Some fled to avoid prosecution by the Bourbon authorities, others because they were unable to cope with the [...]

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The rivers Euphrates and Tigris – modern day Iraq- have been the home of many different civilizations and it is difficult not to lose track when one reads upon the history of the area.  It is no wonder then that scholars have granted it the name of “Cradle of Civilization”. Like the Nile in Egypt, [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics engender a lot of controversy. One controversy is the sale of Olympic torches by the torch bearers. David Munro is one of these people. But Munro is different. David Munro is a 72 year old veteran who served with UN forces patrolling the Gaza Strip in 1974. His service didn't end [...]

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by Victor Mobley Surprisingly little in-depth work has been written about Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, during the post-war period.  Stanton, for those of you who don't know about him, successfully ran the war effort from the Cabinet-level, working tirelessly day and night to help the military fight the war.  He was certainly not [...]

Laignes-en-Belin, France Dear Em. Well we have taken our first step toward the coast but from the way things look now the next one is a long way off or from four to six weeks away. This town we are now in is in the area for homeward-bound Combat troops and about 375 miles from Sarrey or [...]