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Herring Mishap

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On January 5, 2009
This week's Herring installment will be delayed due to the fact that I apparently left my copy of From Colony to Superpower on the trunk of my car shortly before driving from Lexington to Cincinnati. And it was a signed copy. Damn.

Charlton Heston? Really?

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On December 27, 2008

I have never pictured Jack Aubrey as looking even vaguely like Charlton Heston, but apparently Patrick O'Brian did. I suppose that I might be more open minded about that possibility.

From Colony to Superpower 7.2

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On December 23, 2008
Paul reminds me of one of the most interesting parts of Chapter VII; the 1891 war crisis between Italy and the United States. The good people of New Orleans saw fit to lynch eleven Italians for roughly the same reasons that the good people of...

Colony to Superpower: 6.2

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On December 20, 2008
Erik writes a bit more about the utility of including the Civil War among the 19th century wars of national unification: Herring argues that the Civil War was part of the nation-building conflicts around the world during the mid-19th century. It's an interesting idea, though...

Colony to Superpower: 4.3

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On December 15, 2008

Due to annoying illness and extended work commitments, part 5 of From Colony to Superpower will be delayed until tomorrow afternoon. Until then, see Paul from Subnumine:Herring does have a.

From Colony to Superpower: Don’t Mess with Texas

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On December 7, 2008
Erik introduces chapter five of From Colony to Superpower (for older posts click on the tag), which covers the period between 1837 and 1861. The customary random observations:Herring discusses the impact that Texas independence had on US-Mexico relations, and especially the degree to which the...
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