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ACG WebOps (16 June 2007)Jim H. Moreno | June 17, 2007 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail
Books - Movies - TVThe Devil’s Horseman: The Mongol Invasion of Europe (1979) – James Chambers - The Armchair Critic
Blogs - NetcastsMachiavelli’s Prince - Military History Podcast Niccolo Machiavelli was a political and military philosopher around 1500AD in Florence, Italy during the Italian Renaissance. His name is associated with shrewd, cunning rule. His most famous work, The Prince, features many tips for princes to conquer territory (whether it is decentralized, or centralized):
The Ticonderoga Staff Ride - Pt 1 - Blog Them Out of the Stone Age On the third day of the five-day Basin Harbor workshop, the group took a staff ride to Fort Ticonderoga, about an hour’s drive away. As staff rides go, this one was pretty straightforward: we reached the Ticonderoga area around 9:30 a.m. and departed at 3 p.m., with a leisurely lunch in between. Although it was the shortest staff ride I’ve ever been on, its purpose was less to be an extensive review of the action than to illustrate the utility of staff rides for education — it was, after all, a workshop on the teaching of strategic studies — and to offer a sort of practicum.
Welcome to the third Military History Carnival! Here you’ll find a random and eclectic selection of recent blog posts talking about military history of one kind or another. These are hardly an exhaustive survey of all military history posts, obviously, but may point you to new time sinks for future enjoyment.
Wallachian-Ottoman Wars: The Night Attack - about.com: Military History June 17, 1462 - Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia launches his "Night Attack" against the army of Sultan Mehmed II. After provoking war by refusing to pay tribute to the Ottomans and raiding into Bulgaria where he impaled 23,000 Turks, Dracula prepared to repulse the invasion of his home territory.
War of the Brothers, c.241-236 BC - Military History Blog on the Web The War of the Brothers, c.241-236 BC was a civil war in the Seleucid Empire that followed the Third Syrian War.
Civil War Talk Radio - Gerry Prokopowicz
Three Ways to Remember Robert E. Lee - Civil War Memory Every few days I check online newspapers for articles on Robert E. Lee. I am putting together a talk for two conferences that I will take part in later this year. My particular focus is on how black Americans remember Lee and the Civil War more generally. Here are a couple of items that I’ve come across in recent days.
Bubonic Nukes - Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Pages: 1 2 3Help Armchair General by bookmarking to
           
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