A FEW months ago, my wife and I had dinner with a couple we didn’t know very well. It was awkward at first, but there was wine, and conversation soon followed. At one point, the wife asked about my tour in Iraq, where I served four years as a cavalry officer. I began talking about…
Category: Historical Study
The History of the US Army Rangers from 1775 until Now
Just to show I am not biased in my Military History toward the USMC, here is some good reading on the Rangers…:)-SF The US Army Ranger history predates the Revolutionary War. In the mid 1700s, Capt. Benjamin Church and Maj. Robert Rogers both formed Ranger units to fight during the King Phillips War and…
Cold War Files: Forgetting Castro’s Crimes
‘Fighting Over Fidel: The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution’ Between the Old Left and the New Left, between the radicalism of the 1930s and the radicalism of the 1970s, there comes the curious figure of Fidel Castro. A celebrated revolutionary thinker. The absolute ruler of Cuba—and, for a time, the man believed to…
My Top 3 Ancient History Book Suggestions for January 2016
Being a History Geek and Amateur Historian I wanted to share with you guys a few Ancient History books you might like. Although Ancient History is not really something I read a lot, sometimes my Military History research takes me there.-SF The Ghost of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic…
WW I History: German U-Boat Discovered off English Coast
The wreck of a First World War German submarine, missing in action since 1915, has been discovered at a depth of 30m, 90km off the East Anglian coast. The discovery was made by offshore wind farm developers Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall, whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects…
The Left’s Manufactured Muslim Crisis
Men and women, some whose clothes were still marked with gray ash, walked dazedly toward Union Square. Many did not know what to do or where to go. So they kept on walking. They knew the country was under attack, but they did not know how bad it was or what might still be heading…
The World’s 20 Most Impressive Fortresses
Mighty military strongholds from ancient castles to modern innovations. A fortress protects and gives military personnel a safe harbor from the enemy. But not all fortresses were created equal. And they certainly weren’t all created the same. We look over time and distance to find the 20 most impressive fortresses from around the world and…
Cold War Files: The Cuban Army Abroad; Castro’s Foreign Cold Warriors
“Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, Castro was only too eager to export revolution to the Third World. Often this support even came in the form of combat troops to lend a hand to various Marxist uprisings.” AMERICA WAS STILL REELING from its humiliation in Vietnam in 1976 when hawks within the administration of President Gerald Ford were pushing for the United…
Military History: Marine Corp General James Mattis, “Nothing New Under the Sun…”
In 2013 General James N. Mattis retired after a 41-year Marine Corps career that included field commands in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. In the theater of combat the hard-charging general was known by the call sign “Chaos.” But it was his respect for history and studious commitment to training in strategy and…
Mean Streets: The Clash of Technology and Terrain and Urban Warfare
In urban environments, the playing field is levelled between the conventional armies and insurgents BE IT ALEPPO or Damascus, Mosul or Ramadi, or even Eastern Ukraine, combatants in today’s conflicts are frequently fighting in and over urban areas. The decision to wage war in cities is driven in part by modern military technology. Frequently,…