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War: In History’s Shadow
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by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
A Century On, the First World War is Still Being Played Out
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by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
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A History of Nuclear Choices
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by Josef Joffevia Strategika
A coal miner in Donetsk, Ukraine
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Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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Solving the Afghanistan Puzzle

by Katya Drozdovavia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

A new research project follows the paper trail of Soviet involvement in
Afghanistan—and suggests a great deal about our own involvement
there today.

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On the Cover

via Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

“With a full heart, I bear in mind the beautiful exhibition which alas I was to see no more, and I tend to you all the friendship.” So lamented the chief German representative to the 1914 Baltic Exposition in a telegram he sent to the fair’s closing ceremonies.

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The Simplest Peace Plan: Victory

by Daniel Pipesvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Defeating its enemies and securing its right to exist are Israel’s only
road map to peace.

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Into the Valley of Death

by Peter M. Robinson, Sebastian Jungervia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Best-selling author Sebastian Junger goes to War. An interview with
Peter Robinson.

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Fightin’ and Writin’

by Henrik Beringvia Policy Review
Friday, October 1, 2010

Military memoirs high and low

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Grand Strategies

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The road to statecraft runs through literature.

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A Torn Country

by Zeyno Baranvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

History and politics are disturbing Turkey’s careful balance between
West and East, secular and Islamic. From a new book by Zeyno Baran.

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The Military and the Academy

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Almandvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Civilian experts need to play their part in preparing for the day when
a war ends and peace begins.

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Cash as an Instrument of War

by Lieutenant Colonel Sam Grablevia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Money can buy intelligence, security, even loyalty. Commanders
should use it.

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Analysis and Commentary

Decline Is in the Mind

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Juxtapose pictures of Frankfurt and Liverpool in 1945, and then again in 2010 (or for that matter Hiroshima and Detroit). Something seems awry. Perhaps one can see, even in these superficial images, that something other than military defeat more often erodes societies...

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