On the plane ride from London I finished Julian Jackson's The Fall of France. While I was disappointed with the first chapter, I was very pleased with the volume as a whole.It is common to assert that France fell because of inadequate tactical and operational doctrine....
The Baroness Alexandra and I are having a friendly back and forth on Iran at All Things Beautiful. Check it out.
I don't have a whole lot to add to the Court's status-quo-preserving Ayotte decision yesterday. I still think it would be more logical to have struck down the law and.
Roger Simon and hilarious Michael Berube parodies of yoosta-bee Republican hacks--who can tell the difference? I think he may be harder to parody than Althouse...
I was just watching a bit o' The Falafel Factor (hey, when you're staying in a hotel that offers about six channels, ugly choices are inevitable), and as if on.
Greetings from Washington D.C. This post feels different as it is being written on my brand new ibook, which I got as my traveling laptop. I must admit that I'm.
At Wilton Park, a German general made the case for conscription. Germany is more or less prohibited from maintaining a purely professional military force, so it isn't really all that surprising that the general would make a virtue out of necessity. Nevertheless, at least one part...
Persists.Has a state ever wasted so much money on so pointless a project? Even if the interceptors worked, they would be useless; at best they would convince the Russians and.
Just read an interesting report in Defense News about the proliferation of aerial IEDs in Iraq. Apparently, insurgents are developing IEDs that can propel themselves into the air and explode..
Via Crooked Timber, a brief excerpt of Thomas X. Hammes book on the Pentagon and military transformation. Colonel Hammes is deeply skeptical of the effectiveness of a Transformed military in fourth generation warfare. He is also rather unfair to the French Army, but that's not surprising....
Off to D.C.; posting will depend on the fabled Acela wireless service and other connectivity issues. In the meantime, please enjoy the following links: An excellent post by Jill about.
This story about the Utah theater that violated its contract by yanking Brokeback Mountain contains this interesting twist:The Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons in the Salt Lake City suburb of.