First published in 1972, Norman Davies' White Eagle, Red Star covers the Soviet-Polish War of 1920. Davies went on to write extensively about Polish history in the 20th century, and White Eagle, Red Star was re-issued in 2003. Unfortunately, the new edition has not been...
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No, India will not be purchasing one of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, or at least not in the short term. The most important reason, I suspect,.
It's unfortunate that these Eastern European leaders feel that they need to humiliate themselves in the cause of solidarity with Saakashvili; the Hitler-Poland analogy is barely worthy of Michael Goldfarb,.
Guardian:Russia has placed an anti-missile defence system close to its border with North Korea, in an apparent sign of growing alarm in Moscow at Pyongyang's nuclear programme.Russia's chief of army staff, General Nikolai Makarov, told reporters on a trip with President Dmitry Medvedev to Mongolia...
The Russian Navy is buying a French Mistral class amphibious assault ship. Exciting.
This post, on the prospect for Russian military reform, is absolutely fabulous. A taste:These reforms amount to the complete destruction of Russia’s mass-mobilization military, a legacy of the Soviet army..
Just to be clear; we swaddle Miriam because we want her to invade and conquer small countries. Elisha can be a pacifist if she wants.
Via FP, a new independent Russian report indicates that three of the six Russian aircraft lost during the South Ossetia War were shot down by friendly fire. The report also.
Via Chet, the coolest submarines ever built may be returning to service:A week ago, Admiral Vladimir Vysotskiy, the Navy Commander-in-Chief, told journalists that the Navy intends to keep Project 941.
Ahem:Russia's energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with Nigeria's state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture.The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria. H/t Chet, via TPM....the gods...
This is kind of old, but I still have to acknowledge the fabulous theater of it all:Moving quickly to stamp out growing unrest, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew to the.
Fox News is reporting this morning that North Korea has declared the existence of its uranium program, and is threatening the weaponize its remaining plutonium. The New York Times confirms.