ACG WebOps (28 October 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | October 28, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Published by Tokyo’s Sairyu-sha Publishing Co., "America Nikkei Nisei no Chohei Kihi" (American Nikkei Nisei Draft Resistance) is a comprehensive 638-page volume documenting the once shunned history of a group of young men who are now heralded for their principled stand for civil liberties.

Blogs - Netcasts

What If Hitler Had Won World War II? (pts. 1 & 2) - Blog Them Out of the Stone Age

This month’s column is less a true counterfactual than a critical reflection upon Adolf Hitler’s “vision of victory” should he have fulfilled his dream of conquering western Europe, central and eastern Europe, and of course, the Soviet Union. The phrase echoes the title of a slim but fascinating book by historian Gerhard L. Weinberg, author of the magisterial A World at Arms (1994), which is widely considered the finest study of World War II yet written.

The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast #30 - The Journey To Elba

Today we look at the period immediately after Napoleon’s first abdication in 1814 - his suicide attempt, the Allies’ discussions about where to send him (the Treaty of Fontainebleau), and his incredible work ethic once he arrived in Elba. Then we examine his reasons for deciding to leave Elba after a mere ten months and return… to France.

Sir Cecil Burney - Military History Blog on the Web

Sir Cecil Burney was a British admiral who served as second in command of the Grand Fleet from 1914-1916, was present at the battle of Jutland, and then served as Second Sea Lord.

The Military Geography Project - Military History Blog

I have created The Military Geography Project, a new site on Wordpress and am organizing it to be a professional site that will showcase what we are doing in terms of research and presenting one of our projects, Sources in American Military Geography , which will be an annotated bibliography of important sources relating to American military history and military geography.

History as Narrative - bull runnings

While the problems with the narrative form may be particularly severe in the case of chaotic events like military conflict, they are certainly not exclusive to those events.  The same can be said of gender and race studies, biographies, political analysis - of history in general.

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North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, 2011-2015

The Gunpowder Plot - BBC-History

The failed plot to assassinate James I and the ruling Protestant elite would, however unfairly, taint all English Catholics with treason for centuries to come. Who were the conspirators and what did they hope to achieve?

(front page image:  "Gunpowder Plot: the arrest of Guy Fawkes." Online Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 28 Oct. 2007  <http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-75136>.)

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