If you build a sand castle with the kids, you are a great dad. If you explain to them the advantages of the Italian trace, you are just weird...
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"Einer nächsten Auflage wäre es zu wünschen: erstens weniger über Digitalisate und mehr über Tools zur Auswertung zu sprechen; und zweitens Projekte vorzustellen zu können, die diese Tools anwenden."
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Recruiting sergeants in Westminster London 1877...Soldiers and a pub, now there's a surprise!
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Sergeants of the recruiting depot at St George's Barracks, Trafalgar Square. in 1895, about a quarter of the army are actually enlisted at St George's Barrack.
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"Die Wirksamkeit einer bestimmten Technologie, Technik, Taktik oder Strategie in einem bestimmten Konflikt ist keine Garantie für ihre Nützlichkeit in einem anderen Konflikt oder gar für ihre Übernahme durch andere Gesellschaften."
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Yesterday, I received a book I ordered online. It turns out it belonged to one of my favorite authors, Richard Lamb. I've bought his book War in Italy three times—once for myself and twice for friends. It might be silly, but I feel like I won some sort of (nerdy) lottery. #MilHis
Great interview and insightful conversation about important fallacies of modern military theory (short war illusion, the cult of military genius etc) - with lots of historical examples.
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