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Saturday, June 12, 2010

A Trumpet Hearlds the Need for the Return of History

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The trumpet is a metaphor for a call from a military officer urging the return of the study of history to add another avenue of ideas t...

Saturday, June 20, 2009

A Few Thoughts on Iran

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This past week the news out of Iran has come via Twitter and Utube , that in our time is as significant as the telegraph was when it began t...

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Thomas Ricks Wanat Battle: Part (V) Underestimating the Threat

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Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876 Clark Field, Dec 8, 1941 Isandlwana, 1879 The last stand of the survivors of Her Majesty's 44th Foot a...

Thursday, January 29, 2009

After Action Report: Wanat Aftghanistan

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Last July I wrote a post about a small battle in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan between a reinforced platoon size force from Company C...

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HISTORYGUY99: U.S. Army Vietnam veteran,who came home, and had a 30 year career in global logistics. After the turn of the century, re-purposed myself by obtaining an advanced degree in history. My current quest is to spend the rest of my life connecting the next generations to a future worth creating, by understanding the past. Currently I am a history professor with University of Phoenix, a contributor to USNI Naval History blog and Contributing Analysis at Wikistrat:The Next Generation in Geopolitical Strategy

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