Monday, December 2, 2013

Are all wars really the same?

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Jim George, an American soldier, was shot three times during a firefight in Laos in 1971. He lay for days waiting to be evacuated. It was p...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

'Days of Fire'

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As mentioned in an earlier post , here is a review of Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House  by Peter Baker. It appears in today...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Beaufort, S.C., July 15, 1862: a soldier's snapshot

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Fort Jefferson, west of Key West Private Onville Upton was 18 years old when he went to war with Co. D of the 7th New Hampshire Volunte...
Monday, November 25, 2013

As its centenary nears, the Easter Rising provokes debate

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Tour leader under the Irish tricolor shows the spot where the 1916 martyrs were shot.  Patrick Pearse, one of the 1916 martyrs O nl...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

W. redux, and Cheney, too

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Felice Belman, the editor of the new, expanded Forum pages at the Concord Monitor , emailed three weeks ago and asked me to review Days of ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

A picture is worth . . .

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Like many of my friends who have an interest in New Hampshire's role in the Civil War, I keep an eye on eBay. When this search is succes...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

On the platform with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg as he spoke 'a few brief, but most appropriate, words'

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The historian James McPherson has described Benjamin Brown French’s account of the cemetery dedication at Gettysburg as “the best we have.”...