Posted by Matt in April 17th, 2007 |
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Today’s crop of political leaders lacks the military experience to recognize the importance of maritime power.
Yet there is a lot to be said for militarism where military matters are concerned. The besetting problem of Britain and the United States before 1914 and again before 1939 was the tendency to leave decisions about grand strategy to [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 22nd, 2006 |
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In his upcoming book about the horrors of the 20th century (The war of the World), the British historian Niall Ferguson has a chapter called The Pity of Peace. It is about 1938 when World war II loomed and Britain — especially and importantly Britain — did precious little to stop it. [...]
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