Right Wing Factional Unity in the Spanish Civil War I prepared slides with supporting material for my third conversation with Pete Quiñones on what I believe to be the most important lessons we can take from the Spanish Civil War: As institutions delegitimize, you must develop your own parallel institutions In a war or emerging war,…
Category: Historical Study
Slavery Facts
H/T Montana Bob
Literary Corner: The Wildwood Boys
When it comes to good, gritty outlaw western novels off the beaten path, one author always stands out: James Carlos Blake. The first book of his I read was In the Rogue Blood and I gotta tell you; as a writer it blew my socks off! The character development and attention to historical detail…
Know Your Real Civil War History: Blue Belly Commies
H/T: Identity Dixie (Al Benson Jr.) The Consummate Marxist The first time I ever heard of Joseph Weydemeyer was way back in 1978 – ancient history now. A friend and mentor, Pastor Ennio Cugini, who was a Reformed Baptist pastor in Rhode Island and also a historian, sent me a picture from…
REAL WW2 History in a Nutshell
Guerilla Warfare History: Because Now It’s Personal – Causes that Produce the Guerilla
Because Now It’s Personal: Causes that Produce the Guerrilla Most of the men who fought with William Quantrill didn’t own slaves. They were just Missouri farm boys who wanted to be left alone, raise families and run farms of their own. What caused them to turn into the so called “bloodthirsty savages” they later…
Guerilla Warfare History: “Boers, Beans, Bullets and Bear Soup”
Boers, Beans, Bullets, and Bear Soup – Parts 1 & 2 Nifty two part series on the history, tactics and weapons of the Boers. Remember: The most Dangerous thing in the world is a Disciplined, Motivated and Well Trained Rifleman, so get out there and TRAIN!
The Left Wants 1936 Spain
The Left Wants 1936 Spain One plausible angle to consider in this goat rodeo.
Long Live the South
Abraham Lincoln once asked General (Winfield) Scott this question: “Why is it that you were once able to take Mexico City in three months with five thousand men, and we have been unable to take Richmond with one hundred thousand men?” “I will tell you,” said General Scott. “The men who took us into…
On This Day in History
Srebrenica Massacre Jul 11 More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN ‘safe haven’ of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić. 8,000+ Muzzahs Killed?