The only modification that I'd make to this argument is that the responsibility does not wholly lie with Mao Zedong. The Great Leap Forward had the early support of a depressing number of CCP elites who really should have known better (Deng Xiaoping, Liu Shaoqi). ...
Author: Robert Farley
I have to say that I am shocked, shocked by the general level of evil and ill will demonstrated by Yankee partisans: A curious phenomenon has emerged at the intersection.
It's all about the heritage.
I have an article up at World Politics Review on the Naval Operations Concept and the Cooperative Maritime Strategy. The article is part of a feature on maritime security, including Abraham Denmark and Zachary Hosford's piece on China's naval buildup and Mark Valencia's examination of...
Lionel Beehner and Niels Smith duel on reasons for the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. Beehner: It was brute military force, not political dialogue or population control, which ended its.
In honor of tomorrow's Oregon-Tennessee tilt, I feel compelled to repost this: Loomis and I are leaving for MordorKnoxville early tomorrow morning. Pray for our safe return.
I wonder what Yasheng Huang would think of this argument... During its decades of rapid growth, China thrived by allowing once-suppressed private entrepreneurs to prosper, often at the expense of the old, inefficient state sector of the economy. Now, whether in the coal-rich regions of...
All your Bloggingheads are belong to us now.
In honor of the trend of "How did I get it wrong" posts, this is a brief examination of how I managed to get it right on Iraq. Revisiting correct.
Via Matt, Marty's on a bit of a roll today: But, frankly, Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims. And among those Muslims led by the Imam Rauf there is hardly one who has raised a fuss about the routine and random bloodshed that...
It should be obvious that the Pete Rose Roast to be held this Saturday at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana stands a good chance of being the most disastrous.
I was in the audience for the APSA panel that Scott refers to below, although to maintain my anti-establishment cred* I sat in the back, away from the front row.