Boer War Origins The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain’s desire to unite, or confederate, the British South African territories of the Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The Boers, Afrikaans-speaking farmers, wanted to maintain their…
Category: Studies in Warfare
Guerilla Warfare History: Say Nothing
Say Nothing This 9 Episode TV series about the IRA and the Troubles which is based on the Book by the same name is definitely worth a watch. The writing in both the book and TV series is bare bones without a lot of fluff and cuts to the chase about what 20th century…
Know Your Real History: The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925
The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925 In the summer of 1925, just two years after the IRA’s defeat in the Civil War, the organisation sent a delegation to Moscow to solicit finance and weaponry from the Soviet Union. According to Tim Pat Coogan, the Russians asked their guests, ‘How many bishops did you hang?’, and…
The Modern Battlefield: Kamikaze Robot Dogs (No, I’m Serious)
Ukraine deploys $9K robot dogs vs. Russia with plans to use them as ‘kamikazes’ on the front lines Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. Ukraine is siccing a fleet of robot dogs on Russian troops, including some four-legged terminators it hopes to use to conduct “kamikaze” attacks on enemy soldiers and vehicles along…
When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities Will Explode In Violence (Parts 1 and 2)
{Hermit Note: This is one of the most important articles you will read this year. Read and Heed! Highest Dissemination Possible.} When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities Will Explode In Violence (I wrote this back in 2012. It was originally published at the old Western Rifle Shooters Association website, and…
Urban Street Tactics: Engineered Unrest – The DIY Occupation Guide
Engineered Unrest: The DIY Occupation Guide The 2024 Edition of the “DIY Occupation Guide” is circulating the web, instructing dissidents on how to implement nefarious tactics. {Hermit Note: It never hurts to read the enemies manuals and TT&P. Most of this stuff is very basic, but makes for entertaining reading. Download the pdf to…
Future Warfare: You Can’t go to War With Your Factory
You Can’t go to War With Your Factory I know I talk about the book Ghost Fleet a lot on this blog, but it seems every time I read an article about WW3 or China, I am reminded of something I read in that book! Think for a moment how much of a disadvantage…
Reference Library: CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual
CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Via: HSDL) This historical document was originally published by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; now the Central Intelligence Agency) in 1944, for use by OSS agents in motivating or recruiting potential foreign saboteurs. Agents were granted permission to print and disseminate portions of the document as…
Urban Guerilla Sniping v3.0
“History is nothing else than a long succession of useless cruelties.” (Voltaire) When you look at the situation in Syria, you see the logic in Voltaire’s prose. I suppose it is the hopeless romantic in me that wishes for a world that is not filled with asshole tyrants and despots that take advantage of…
The Big Stink
Mike Shelby | Do Your Area Study Trump or Biden, we’re going to get The Big Stink™ either way and it’s going to be stinky for a long time. Probably longer than you want to imagine. I’ll explain. One of the many poignant parts of Robert Taber’s The War of the Flea is the…