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Ireland’s Wars: The Rising In Connacht
The western most province in Ireland had somewhat of a part to play in the plans of the military committee, even if, with the benefit of hindsight, we can see that they were mostly fantasy. At times Pearse and the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1916, athenry, britain, connacht, easter rising, galway, history, ireland, marines, mellows, rebellion, volunteers, war
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The NFB Reading List: Generation Kill
Generation Kill – Evan Wright (2004) Evan Wright was a Rolling Stone journalist who, in the first few weeks of “Operation Iraqi Freedom”, found himself “embedded” with soldiers from the 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion as they moved from Kuwait to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, NFB Reading List, Reviews, War
Tagged books, evan wright, fick, generation kill, iceman, iraq war, marines, oif, pearson, reading list, reviews, trombly, war
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Making The Corps By Tom Ricks
It’s an engaging narrative, but it isn’t one of Ricks’ best. I adore Tom Ricks’ two books on the Iraq War, Fiasco and The Gamble, but this is one of his earlier ones. It’s the story of a Marine recruit company … Continue reading
The Korean Tinderbox: The South Gets The Edge
North Korea decides not to back up its previous high-handed talk, and the South comes out of it the better, for once. It might not do much to assuage the loss of troops and civilians last month, but this is quite … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, War
Tagged aid payments, artillery, blackmail, china, dprk, eu, marines, north korea, peninsula, politics, rok, south korea, us, uss george washington, war
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A Response To “Four Days Later”
From Abu Muqawama The man who made this speech had lost his son in Afghanistan four days prior. While that is certainly tragic, and his decision to give the oration regardless should be praised, it does not exempt the content of … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Iraq, Middle East, Reviews, War
Tagged abu muqawama, afganistan, al-queda, four days later, general, Iraq, john kelly, life or death struggle, marines, middle east, speech, taliban, threat aggrandizing, usmc
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