Tuesday, March 30, 2010

To Hell and Back - One Hell of a Great Book, by One Hell of A Great Hero

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Sixty-one years ago, a young American who’d fought in the war published an unpretentious book, “To Hell and Back.” It was the story of his ...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Rehabilitating Grant's Reputation

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By Ned Barnett (C) 2009 Recently, I got into two unconnected discussions about Ulysses S. Grant, the first Lieutenant General in the US Army...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The British Secret Weapon ... of the Revolutionary War - a Breach-loading Rifle 80 years ahead of it's time ...

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This is a guest column, written by Bob Shaver and published in "Patent Pending" blog: http://patentpending.blogs.com/ It is repri...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Point-Counterpoint – Pat Buchanan’s Thesis on "The Good War” and My Reply

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By Ned Barnett (c) 2008 Recently, Pat Buchanan fired the first volley in the next great debate on “The Good War” – World War II – in hi...
Saturday, March 1, 2008

War … Good God, Y'all … What is it Good For?

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Ned Barnett © 2008 Introduction This column was written for my "Barnett on PR and Politics" blog, but it applies so well to ...
Friday, February 1, 2008

"Speaking of History" - Making Military History Come Alive!

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Speaking of History By Ned Barnett (c) 2008 Welcome - this site, Speaking of History , will be used to help me "tell the story" of...

What Would Joe Foss Do? - Commentary by Ned Barnett

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What would Joe Foss do? Commentar y by Ned Barnett Joe Foss was a poor kid from South Dakota, growing up in the Depression, when his dad die...