Counter-Currents
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You’re gambling with World War 3.
—President Trump to President Zelensky.
I was a miner,
I was a docker,
I was a railwayman
Between the wars.
—Billy Bragg, Between the Wars
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Keegan was an excellent historian. Usually fair-minded, wide-ranging, and reasonable. I didn’t always agree with him, but I always found him rewarding. Sometimes he was kind of conventional, but he wasn’t politically correct, and while he wasn’t a military veteran, he had a better understanding of military and general history, I think, than most since him.
One bit from his Second World War history that stood out for me was his description of how divided and crippled France was at the beginning of the war. British general Brooke made some vivid observations about that. Despite the Neocon propaganda during the leadup to the Iraq War, France had a long, great military tradition, but in 1939 its military was hobbled along with its other institutions.
I apologize for coming off as a schoolmarm, but it’s so good to see people on our side reading more books! And especially books that are beyond those on some DR-approved reading list. History podcasts and readings from one ideological perspective just aren’t enough if you want to get a good understanding.
Yes, this is an excellent book. John Keegan usually gave pretty sober assessments. He also did not join the chorus attempting to dismiss David Irving’s enormous body of work on the basis that he got into a kerfluffle with the theologian (((Deborah Lipstadt))).
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The great scam of the “rare earths” disputed between several claimants
http://www.controinformazione.info/la-grande-truffa-delle-terre-rare-contese-tra-piu-pretendenti/
Any recommendations of good European history books/authors particularly on the first half of the twentieth century? Not necessarily WW2 events but in the not-pc arena whether on personalities or the shaping panoramic zeitgeist of what happened from above, less so details on the ground. I’m considering Adrian Goldsworthy for ancient Rome this summer.
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