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July 7, 2020

BOUNTYGATE: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure in Afghanistan

On the morning of Feb. 27, Beth Sanner, the deputy director of national intelligence for mission integration, arrived at the White House carrying a copy of the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB), a document which, in one form or another, has been made available to every president of the United States since Harry Truman first received what was then known as...

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May 27, 2020

Forgotten History of the Persian Corridor

“The Red Army: for the Sake of History and Generations” and “The Historical Significance of the 75th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism” are some of the headlines appearing in the Iraqi media these days. These are echoes of the Soviet people’s celebration of victory which has not been forgotten in Iraq. And although the Iraqis did not directly participate in...

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May 13, 2020

The Soviet Union Defeated Germany in World War II – Not the Western Forces

President Donald Trump claimed last week that the US and Britain had won World War II. This was a shameless lie and distortion of the facts. Many Americans and Canadians like to believe their nations won the war in Europe and give insufficient recognition to the decisive Soviet role. Most Europeans would rather not think about the matter. By contrast,...

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May 9, 2020

The Meeting at the Elbe: When Americans, Russians, and Europeans Were Friends

April 25, 1945, is a date few remember but it was a significant day in the history of the world. On this day, American troops coming from the west and the Red Army advancing from the east joined forces on the Elbe River near Torgau, a small city about 100 km south of Berlin. They became friends, some of them...

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May 9, 2020

A Short History of the 20th Century

This is essentially a short history of the 20th century from the point of view of HBD realism and the maxim that “population is power.” This century turned out to be an “American Century.” But it wasn’t obvious that it was going to be that way – while the United States was almost predestined to play a primary role, several...

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May 7, 2020

Why Keep On Confronting?

On April 25 the White House published a heartening and most welcome “Joint Statement by President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia” to mark “the 75th Anniversary of the historic meeting between American and Soviet troops, who shook hands on the damaged bridge over the Elbe River. This event heralded the decisive defeat of the Nazi regime.”...

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March 8, 2020

Vasily Chuikov: Greatest Infantry Combat General of All Time

He won battles on a scale no one else even dreamed of: He developed all the tactics of urban combat war from scratch. He destroyed the most invincible fighting force the human race had seen in 700 years since the days of Genghis Khan and his Mongol hoards. He saved the world from the monstrous darkness of genocidal Nazism. And...

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February 5, 2020

Was the 1945 Yalta Conference a Mirage?

The relatively smooth waters of cooperation between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin at Yalta concealed roiling cross currents beneath the glistening surface which some historians like to emphasise. These rip tides were quick to erupt in the last weeks of the war. Much has been written over the years about the wartime Yalta conference, and more ink will no doubt be...

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BOUNTYGATE: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure in Afghanistan

Forgotten History of the Persian Corridor

The Soviet Union Defeated Germany in World War II – Not the Western Forces

The Meeting at the Elbe: When Americans, Russians, and Europeans Were Friends

A Short History of the 20th Century

Why Keep On Confronting?

Vasily Chuikov: Greatest Infantry Combat General of All Time

Was the 1945 Yalta Conference a Mirage?