tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5733109321784214662..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Like it was a clue or something...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67840906975080379382008-10-31T19:57:00.000-04:002008-10-31T19:57:00.000-04:00Max Boot has a chapter on the Prussian-Austrian wa...Max Boot has a chapter on the Prussian-Austrian war (and the needle gun) in "War Made New":<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/War-Made-New-Weapons-Warriors/dp/B001G8WDI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225497196&sr=8-1<BR/><BR/>Also a bunch of other stuff, from Gustavus Adolphus to Curtis LeMay. He's chosen some very interesting inflection points of technology and tactics.<BR/><BR/>And I'm a history buff, and had no idea that Francis I and his cannons conquered all of Italy in about 7 weeks. Not that it will win you free drinks in bars or anything, but interesting stuff.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38980780633750805962008-10-30T21:45:00.000-04:002008-10-30T21:45:00.000-04:00Lest we not forget, the last war the Krauts won wa...Lest we not forget, the last war the Krauts won was almost 140 years ago, and that was only against the French.<BR/> And the Frogs would have won, had the politicians in Paris not micromanaged each battle, refusing to allow any serious amount of casualties.<BR/> Better soldiers, dramatically better weapons, and the only really good general in the war.<BR/> A scary thought indeed, if extropolated into our future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32437989736181638462008-10-30T19:31:00.000-04:002008-10-30T19:31:00.000-04:00Like Winston said, the Hun is either at your throa...Like Winston said, the Hun is either at your throat or at your feet.<BR/><BR/>wv: gicap (the nickname for the new XDM9)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54204099583805301262008-10-30T13:29:00.000-04:002008-10-30T13:29:00.000-04:00On the other hand the Prussians and the Dane event...On the other hand the Prussians and the Dane eventually had a referendum for the people living there as to whether they believed themselves danes or Germans and some fraction of theland was handed back to the Danes.<BR/><BR/>My thought one which has always been: Guys, far cheaper to START with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29661646105506348872008-10-30T13:05:00.000-04:002008-10-30T13:05:00.000-04:00And if socialism and a nanny state can make the GE...And if socialism and a nanny state can make the GERMANS into pacifists . . . we should all be afraid.<BR/><BR/>We should all be very afraid.<BR/><BR/>Verification word: what Uma Thurman told John Travolta in Pulp Fiction: Disco.Hunsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188706369004532171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68306331032529570612008-10-30T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-30T10:37:00.000-04:00Nicely worded, Tam. Foreshadowing indeed.Nicely worded, Tam. Foreshadowing indeed.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.com