Showing posts with label World War I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War I. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

A Day that Should Live in Infamy

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It's been 100 years since Woodrow Wilson committed the blunder of the 20th century by taking the United States into what was then known ...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Armistice Day, 2016

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Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, marking the end of the shooting in World War I. The armistice between the Allies and Germany w...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Armistice Day, 2015

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Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, marking the end of the shooting in World War I. The armistice between the Allies and Germany w...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

TGIF: American Liberty during World War I

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There’s always plenty for libertarians to complain about in our troubled world, but in many respects, things could be much worse. I’m think...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Out of Iraq, Etc.!

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Nearly a century ago, after four bloody years of World War I, British colonialists created the state of Iraq, complete with their hand-pick...
Friday, August 08, 2014

TGIF: The 100th Anniversary of the Great State Crime

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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the four-year bloody nightmare that claimed 16 million lives — 7...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

TGIF: The Middle East Harvests Bitter Imperialist Fruit

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The wall-to-wall coverage of the disintegration of Iraq ought to carry this credit: This bloodshed was made possible by the generosity of B...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Christmas Truce of 1914

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Kevin Carson relates one of the most remarkable stories I know: The Christmas Truce of 1914 , "a spontaneous soldiers’ truce that broke...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

Veterans Day

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Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, marking the end of the shooting in the Great War. The armistice between the Allies and Germany...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Close Enough for the Politicians

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The armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed a little after 5 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, but wasn't to take effect until 11 a.m. ...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Balfour Declaration: One Deceit Among Many

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Yesterday I started reading Jonathan Schneer's new The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict . I learned somethi...