6 1/2 Magic Hours : New York To London
november 2010 by maciej
1954 film on the dawn of the jet age
aviation
history
film
november 2010 by maciej
Battle of Mars-la-Tour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
may 2010 by maciej
Fluke victory by cavalry against artillery influences military tactics for decades to come
mil
history
franco
prussian
war_on_terrah
may 2010 by maciej
The Amazing Career of Lieutenant Wallis, Royal Navy - War of 1812
march 2010 by maciej
indestructible British admiral who clogged the promotions system with his inconvenient longevity
royal
navy
mil
history
1812
testtag
march 2010 by maciej
Sea Classics: OPERATION Magic Carpet
august 2007 by maciej
on the mammoth post-wwii sealift of demobilized soliders
mil
wwii
history
marine
transport
august 2007 by maciej
Astra Woodcraft Declaration - "A Child's Life in the Sea Org" - January 24, 2001
january 2007 by maciej
description of life growing up in Sea Org
scientology
seaorg
religion
cult
personal
history
january 2007 by maciej
Jenkins EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- September 01, 2004
october 2006 by maciej
more detail about the life of Robert Jenkins and other Americans who spent years in north korea
north_korea
dprk
mil
communism
history
defect
japan
cold_war
october 2006 by maciej
Kokuhaku: Pictures at Black Ship
october 2006 by maciej
amazing photos from the recently-published (in Japanese) book of an American defector to north korea
north_korea
mil
us
history
photo
cool
october 2006 by maciej
MYTHS ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES
october 2006 by maciej
tearing the renaissance weenies a new one, in FAQ form
medieval
history
reference
debunk
renaissance
list
october 2006 by maciej
Edo-period mystery ship
september 2006 by maciej
brief description of an 1803 Japanese encounter with a redheaded castaway in a very strange boat
mystery
japan
history
sea
marine
writing
cryptic
september 2006 by maciej
The Levitator - controversy over publication of new Mao bio in taiwan
august 2006 by maciej
details on accusations and counter-accusations about whether a bigwig kuomintang general was a commie
china
politics
kuomintang
taiwan
mao
history
controversy
bio
august 2006 by maciej
Purges and Hysteria in the Soviet Union
august 2006 by maciej
good capsule history of the Stalinist purges
stalin
cccp
history
sov
oppress
communism
politics
august 2006 by maciej
The Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Wall
july 2006 by maciej
China builds memorial wall for victims of gigantic 1976 quake, charges a fortune to have names carved into it. Innovative business model!
china
earthquake
memorial
history
crapitalism
exploit
cult
july 2006 by maciej
Culinary Historians of New York | For the study of Food and Culinary History
june 2006 by maciej
this looks like a neat collection of stuff
nyceatblog
mubot
history
food
nyc
june 2006 by maciej
Charles Darwin on Tierra del Fuego
march 2006 by maciej
chapter from the Voyage of the Beagle
darwin
bio
history
memoir
tierra_del_fuego
patagonia
chile
argentina
eco
march 2006 by maciej
The Discovery of Rapid Climate Change
march 2006 by maciej
excellent article about the changing assumptions of climatologists on the time scale of large climactic changes
weather
climate
history
science
march 2006 by maciej
Malvinas: Operación Cóndor
march 2006 by maciej
the farcical 1966 "invasion" of the falklands by dopey argentine hijackers
falklands
argentina
history
ha
march 2006 by maciej
Falkland Islands Information Web - Falklands History - The Argentine Claim
march 2006 by maciej
good brief history of the falkland islands, from a pro-british perspective
falklands
argentina
uk
politics
sea
islands
history
march 2006 by maciej
Sovereign Rights of Chile in Antarctica [es]
march 2006 by maciej
obsessive rehearsal of the self-evident and immemorial claims of Chile to its slice of frozen nothing
antarctica
chile
ha
obsess
es
history
geo
south_america
march 2006 by maciej
SAC stories
february 2006 by maciej
some of these are fun. Note especially last one, a discussion of the dangerous near-miss due to a breakdown in what were thought to be independent comm links
nukes
sac
aviation
history
mil
february 2006 by maciej
US Air Force B-36 Flying 1955-1957
february 2006 by maciej
first person account of crewing one of the ginormous early nuclear bombers
aviation
mil
nukes
history
memoir
february 2006 by maciej
Bone Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
february 2006 by maciej
entertaining rivalry in early American paleontology
dinosaur
paleo
history
science
us
february 2006 by maciej
Damn Interesting » The Phantom Time Hypothesis
january 2006 by maciej
crank historian asserts that 297 years were inserted into the calendar c.600 AD and the early middle ages never happened
time
history
crank
medieval
january 2006 by maciej
LacusCurtius — Latin Funerary Inscription in Rome
july 2005 by maciej
entertaining gloss on a Roman horse racer's tombstone. Links to plenty of other artifacts
history
rome
archaeology
catalog
july 2005 by maciej
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