Showing posts with label Battles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battles. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A memorable Midway meeting: Bob Watson, veteran of Omaha Beach

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While walking through the interior of the massive USS Midway this past weekend in all its stunning glory, admiring the vintage and modern...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson, a review

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Themistocles, Alexander the Great, Cortes, and the British and American officers of the last two centuries enjoyed innate advantages that...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie, a review

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“Who cares who’s buried where?” muttered Craw, thinking about all the men he’d seen buried. “Once a man’s in the ground he’s just mud. M...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Internal, external conflict ignite Cornwell’s The Burning Land

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“Our gods prefer feasting. They live, Uhtred. They live and laugh and enjoy, and what does their god do? He broods, he’s vengeful, he scowls...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Gemmell’s Legend remains a rousing call to arms

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I love pre-battle speeches. Arnold’s “Than to hell with you!” prayer to Crom before the battle of the mounds, and Theoden’s exhortation to t...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Camlann

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1. Battle of Camlann , from various sources Many a spear was thrust and splintered, Many a stern word spoken; Many a sword was hacked and be...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Ragnarök

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2. Ragnarök , from various sources We will give our lives and let our world be destroyed, but we will battle so that these evil powers will ...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: The Battle of Thermopylae

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3. Gates of Fire , Steven Pressfield Battle of Thermopylae "Answer this, Alexandros. When our countrymen triumph in battle, what is it ...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: At last, the final, bloody three

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After a lengthy and rather inexcusable hiatus, I’m finally bringing my Top 10 Fantasy Fiction Battles series to its savage, bloody conclusi...
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Cimmerian sighting: Adrift in The Pacific

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I’ve always had a fascination with World War II. When I was a kid I played with army soldiers and guns, pretend battles with friends that al...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: The breaking of the siege of Angband and other (myth) busting

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Part five of Blogging the Silmarillion continues with chapters 16-20 of the Quenta Silmarillion . — By the command of Morgoth the Orcs wit...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Epic battles of Middle-earth in miniature

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I'd like to offer a half-hearted apology to readers of The Silver Key who don't care much for Middle-earth. Until I get through Blo...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: My top five reads of 2009

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Merry Christmas! With the end of the year approaching I thought I would put together one of those ever-popular “best-of” lists for your cons...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Best battle-speeches

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I’m no war-monger, nor do I make light of real battles and their terrible cost. But there’s no doubt that mass-combats make for great cinema...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Thanks to the vets

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I came across a great video today, courtesy of MSN.com/The History Channel : colorized footage of just-restored footage from Okinawa , origi...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Iron Maiden's The Trooper

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(Note: Over at The Cimmerian, fellow blogger Deuce Richardson asked if we could supply posts to commemorate October 25th , which has resound...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Reveling in the slaughter of Agincourt

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Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt (2009, HarperCollins Publishers) does not tell the story of a battle, but rather of a terrible red butchery. E...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Axis and Allies--the relaunch

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One of the highlights of my vacation was getting a game of Axis and Allies together with a couple of guys from my regular D&D group. I ...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: A harrowing look into 'The Face of Battle'

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As...
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: The Battle of Unnumbered Tears

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4. The Children of Hurin , J.R.R. Tolkien Nirnaeth Arnoediad Great was the triumph of Morgoth, and his design was accomplished in a manner a...
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