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Go To School On TNC: Fredericksburg - Personal - The Atlantic
Interesting thread on military tactics of the civil war
tnc  civil  war  military  history  mil 
may 2010 by maciej
The Last Salute Of The Army Of Northern Virginia
Joshua Chamberlain's account of the Appommattoxx surrender
civil_war  war  mil  chamberlain 
october 2007 by maciej
380 tys. wolt do wolnosci
szczegolowy opis ucieczki z czech do austrii poprzez druty wysokiego napiecia
cz  austria  cold  war  hist  electricity 
april 2007 by maciej
U.S. Army sniper nails record shot -- The Washington Times
lovely profile of our 'highly effective' sniper squad in Ramadi. "Hunters give their animals respect," he said, spitting out a mouthful of chewing tobacco.
war  mil  iraq  oppress  americafuckyeah 
october 2006 by maciej
eXile - Issue #248 - Venezuela: Enchilada of Evil - By Gary Brecher
To make a plane a man can fly in, you need to spend really sick amounts of money, whereas missiles that can acquire that plane as a target, follow it through chaff and EW countermeasures and kill it, are relatively cheap (and getting cheaper).
war  aviation  mil  uav  war_nerd  rant 
october 2006 by maciej
Guard families cope in two dimensions - The Boston Globe
cardboard cutouts of soldiers for all your creepy family needs. A big RealDoll market opportunity here
wtf  military  culture  us  ha  war  mil 
september 2006 by maciej
CNS - A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences - August 12, 2004 - Research Story
a 2004 rumination on the consequences of attacking Iran and potential targets in Iran to hit
war  mil  iran  politics  nukes  analysis  geo 
august 2006 by maciej
Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast - New York Times
US will ship cluster bombs to Israel if Israel pinky-promises not to use them against civilians (again)
war  mil  israel  lebanon  atrocity  arms_dealing  politics  us 
august 2006 by maciej
War Nerd - A Hezbollah Upon All of Thee!
Gary Brecher on Lebanon. "No army enjoys getting invited to a second front just when it was starting to enjoy itself on the first one."
war  lebanon  mil  politics  rant  hezbollah  israel  guerilla 
august 2006 by maciej
Kung Fu Monkey: Bar Talk
pretty great blog post / bar anecdote / Alan Dershowitz rant
lebanon  politics  blog  bar  war  oppress  saudi 
july 2006 by maciej
BBC NEWS | Middle East | New 'Iraq massacre' tape emerges
more evidence of civilians being killed by american soldiers in iraq. The quote about "ethical training" is surreal
atrocity  war  iraq  us  marines 
june 2006 by maciej
Files Contradict Account of Raid in Iraq - New York Times
more info on the apparent massacre of iraqi ciivlians by us marines
war  mil  iraq  atrocity  us 
may 2006 by maciej
In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre
absolutely horrible article about indiscriminate killing by US Marines in an Iraqi village
atrocity  war  mil  iraq  war_on_terrah  aggro  no  us 
may 2006 by maciej
Jauhar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
form of group ritual suicide by rajput communities defeated in battle
war  mil  weird  hist  india  cult  rajput  islam 
may 2006 by maciej
War of the Triple Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
horrible and largely forgotten mid-19th century war that destroyed Paraguay
war  hist  mil  south_america  paraguay  brazil  uruguay  argentina  nationalism 
april 2006 by maciej
Schenck v. United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Disgraceful 1918 Supreme Court decision to jail an anti-war Socialist for encouraging people not to enlist
law  constitution  hist  us  war  war_on_terrah  civlib 
august 2005 by maciej
Bitwa pod Legnicą (1242 Battle of Legnice, Poles vs. Mongols, guess who won)
well-sourced, acerbic Polish language description of what little is known about the battle
hist  mongol  poland  war 
august 2005 by maciej
On the German ambivalence of confronting its own casualties in the bombing campaigns of wwii
forthcoming English translation of a controversial German history of the air campaign, discusses the German discomfort and fear of addressing its own civilian victims
wwii  cult  hist  lit  german  war  sebald 
june 2005 by maciej
Log of the Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier - 1991
Personal diary-style log of deployment to persian gulf
mil  cool  hist  war 
march 2005 by maciej
Medium Atomic Demolition Munition - MADM
one of a series of frighteningly small, real atomic munitions deployed by the US army back in the day
nukes  war  hist 
november 2004 by maciej
Chechnya - Perm OMON
Weird human-interest article about OMON units serving in chechnya
chechnya  russian  war 
november 2004 by maciej
Putin i zbrodnie w Czeczenii
amnesty for Russian army rapist/murderer of chechen girl looks imminent
chechnya  russia  war 
september 2004 by maciej

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