As a writer and western history buff, I like to practice things that I come across in my research and reading. This type of fire was used frequently in the old west by hunters, trappers, settlers and soldiers mainly so as not to draw the attention of hostile indians. Fast forward to today and it…
Category: Historical Study
The Fleet that Saved Texas
A Really Cool Piece of Texas History!
Thanksgiving – Then and Now
I love Post like this that put it all into perspective. Thanks GP!
Subversion 101
Thanks to Viking Life Blog for posting this excellent video. It is imperative for the Martial Citizen to understand the tenets of Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW) if he is to survive in the 21st century. “The Highest Arc of Warfare is not to fight at all, but to subvert anything of value.” Compare what is…
Learning From History: What the Versailles Treaty Teaches Us About Gun Control
What The Versailles Treaty Teaches Us About Gun Control There are so many good lessons history can teach us if we would only stop and heed them! The summary paragraph bears repeating: “In other words, vindictiveness and enforced disarmament failed. It failed because demonizing an entire group of people when the responsibility is much more…
Illegal Immigration is About Power
Five minutes of education on Illegal Immigration and the Left. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since World War II
Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2 A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century. You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the…
Foreign Historical Movies Worth a Watch: The Exam
With Socialism and Communism currently rearing it’s ugly head all across the world, I think it is important that we be reminded of it’s horrible dark past. The Exam (A Vizsga) is set in Hungary in 1957 after the bloody Hungarian uprising of 1956 has just been suppressed by the Soviet Union and the iron…
World War Two Era Weapons: Clandestine Weapons of the OSS
Clandestine weapons so clandestine, they never were. Thanks OSS! (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) A really interesting read with some awesome links to other articles. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
World War Two History: Piss On Your Enemies! (Literally)
When a Jewish Holocaust survivor ‘pissed’ on Hitler’s henchman (click on above link to be re-directed) I absolutely love finding stories like this about survivors of the Holocaust getting some type of revenge on Nazi’s. So many times the punishment the nazi’s received was not “personal” enough to fit the crime IMO, but here, it…