Gitlin forwards me the following on the SSBN crash:To the tactical oceanographer, the Atlantic may be less large than it at first appears. It seems the British sub was heading out to sea, while the French vessel was returning from patrol. Both captains, with similar...
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Marine Corps barracks bombing 25 years ago today. 241 dead, almost all USMC. 58 French paratroopers died the same way, on the same day.I don't ascribe to the bombing the.
I've always thought the French had a talent for cinema. Contacts with professional experience tell me that shooting out a car engine from a moving helicopter is bloody difficult. Via Information Dissemination, my new favorite blog...
Since the US-engineered fall of the Islamic Courts Union, piracy off the coast of Somalia has increased dramatically. Pirates like this area for a couple of reasons. First, because pirates.
We at LGM issue heartfelt congratulations to President Sarkozy and Ms. Bruni!The French are so very different from us.
How could this have slipped past the wingnutty? This Christmas, Santa Claus is leaving his reindeer behind and hitching a ride on… a French warship! The Jeanne d’Arc, a helicopter carrier which serves as a training ship for French navy midshipmen, will dock into New...
In 1777 a peasant rebellion resulted in the massacre of the family of Nguyen Phuc Anh, son of feudal nobility in what is now southern Vietnam. The fifteen year old.