This is kind of cool:Eminent economists have told Queen Elizabeth II that the global financial downturn was brought about by a "psychology of denial" among the financial and political elite, a report said Sunday. In a three-page letter, the experts said "financial wizards" completely failed...
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It appears that the UK MoD rejected several opportunities to shore up its helicopter fleet:Defence ministers spurned three separate deals to buy American Black Hawk helicopters which would have helped.
This is a kind of interesting clip about the British approach to fighting terrorism. We recently had a speaker at Patterson knowledgeable of British intelligence organizations, and he made more.
Hadn't seen this before... I wonder how many people have survived after throwing themselves onto grenades? There's not even a category on wikipedia:A Royal Marine who threw himself on to an exploding grenade to save the lives of his comrades is to receive the George...
I can't recommend highly enough the BBC Radio program "The Human Button," which explores the human element of the British nuclear deterrent. The program interviews a number of former government.
How important is Gallipoli to Australian identity?A row has erupted between Australia's PM Kevin Rudd and his Labor predecessor Paul Keating over the importance of Gallipoli, a WWI battle site.
Between December 1941 and August 1945, Japan and the United Kingdom fought an extraordinarily brutal war over control of Southeast Asia. In the larger arc of World War II history, this campaign is often treated as a sideshow, as it had neither the glory nor...
Defense News:The U.S. plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported.Britain, which has around.