I would recommend the book "The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative" by John Masters. The author was an officer in the Ghurkas at the start of World War II, and first participated in the...
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I would recommend the book "The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative" by John Masters. The author was an officer in the Ghurkas at the start of World War II, and first participated in the...
Americans are a “self-selected” group. By that I mean that the people that came here (Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German….) were a little bit different then their countrymen. To l eave home and...
They once had a system somewhat like that when the area was a British Mandate form the end of World War I to the creation of the State of Israel. The British had the “British Palestine Police...
One of the first lessons that I was taught, that I actually used was the policy of "praise in public, and cricize in private". If a smuck like me knows that then I am sure that Secretary Gates and...
I am glad those guys are on our side.
It has happened before in 1916 at Columbus, New Mexico (see link to wikipedia article):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition
General Pershing command of the expedition helped to...
The Beltway Insiders and Pundits say the following about Gates retention:
1. He wants to go and at most will stay a year, and
2. That most of his Deputy and Assistant Secretaries he currently...
Attached is a link to a TimesonLine article about President-Elect Obama, and how his grandfather was arrested by the British in Kenya during the Mau Mau:
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Attached is a link to a pretty good "To Do" List for changes in India to help them deal with future Mumbai-style attacks:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/01mumterror-26-things-to-do.htm
As...
I recently read a biography of Presidnet Eisenhower that stated that during his pre-World War II military career he purposefully tried to appear less intelligent then he was to avoid making other...
First of all let me thank everyone who responded to my question about possibly bringing back the draft. I got a great deal from the responses (facts and perspectives that had not occurred to me).
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Everyone and Anyone,
I am asking this question as a non-Military type.
I hear a great deal of discussion by "pundits" in the media about "National Service", which basically means bring back the...
According to the AP article on him he did not like either the movie or Americans. According to his son -
But he also said his father was not a fan of the movie.
"He wasn't the greatest...
As a non-military type, I would like to get some input from those more knowledgeable to help me understand an article I read in the "Economist" magazine regarding Afghanistan "A ray of light in a...
I regards to civilian support for military operations, stability operations and emergency responses I have some experience which has lead me to the conclusion that it just won’t work. In order to...
I would like to thank everyone for their responses. They have been very helpful, and have given me some interesting leads.
I have improved my description in the public profile, and have added...
Hello,
I am doing research into constabulary forces, and am doing some comparison on conntrasts, and I am trying to get additional information sources on the following organizations:
- British...