We've begun gathering articles for our proposed magazine piece compilation.
We've bundled a trio of pieces on the war in Cambodia. The first covers the war from 1970-1975, next an article titled Nixon's War on Cambodia, and finally a piece on the Khmer Rouge. We're going through these an taking out redundancies. As these were originally magazine pieces, we're looking for places to integrate the sidebar sections into the general narrative. Overall this chapter is about 12,000 words.
Next we'll be working on our Norman warfare section. Articles include, How to Fight and Win like a Norman, 1066, William's occupation of England till his death in 1087, and finally the First Crusade.
Further chapters will follow. For example, the Indo-Pak wars, and some articles we wrote about war in the 1980s. We'll see what else from there.
Don't ask us about dates. This is a side project for afternoon dead time.
William Stroock (as in Stroock's Books)
Showing posts with label Nixon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nixon. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Political Sausage Party
When told John Dean testified before congress yesterday our first thought was, 'Is there something wrong with the nation's breakfast sausages?'
Then we realized that's Jimmy Dean. Mmmmmmm breakfast sausage.
[You're Jewish-Ed]
Whatever.
Like everyone else in America under 50 we had to look up John Dean.
Turns out he was one of those Watergate guys, Watergate being a political scandal of the Nixon Administration (1969-1974), in which President Nixon was busted by the Deep State for doing what Democrats regularly get away with.
One can't help but imagine a conversation between Congressman Jerry Nadler (D- Fat Camp) and a young staffer, 'I know you kids are really into this disco thing.'
What's next? Zombie John Wilkes Boothe testifies on gun control?
Readers are invited to make their own jokes in the comments.
Way to stay current Dems. Way to stay current.
As President Trump would say, sad.
Then we realized that's Jimmy Dean. Mmmmmmm breakfast sausage.
[You're Jewish-Ed]
Whatever.
Like everyone else in America under 50 we had to look up John Dean.
Turns out he was one of those Watergate guys, Watergate being a political scandal of the Nixon Administration (1969-1974), in which President Nixon was busted by the Deep State for doing what Democrats regularly get away with.
One can't help but imagine a conversation between Congressman Jerry Nadler (D- Fat Camp) and a young staffer, 'I know you kids are really into this disco thing.'
What's next? Zombie John Wilkes Boothe testifies on gun control?
Readers are invited to make their own jokes in the comments.
Way to stay current Dems. Way to stay current.
As President Trump would say, sad.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Alt-Hist-Ken
We'll, we're commemorating the hundredth anniversary of President Kennedy's birth. He's only a hundred? Jeez it feels like he's been around a lot longer than that.
Kennedy was already a legend by the time we became aware of the man with the 20th anniversary of his assassination in 1983.
Many have wondered what would have transpired had Kennedy lived. We've heard some very absurd claims, from no Vietnam War to an early end to the Cold War. Neither one of these ideas makes any sense to anyone who knows anything about either conflict.
For my money, if Kennedy lives very little changes. He defeats Goldwater in '64, although not by Johnson's margin. From then on its full-60's away. All those forces that brought Johnson low were already at work before Kennedy was assassinated. And the Vietnam War? Well, all the people who were giving Johnson bad advice - Clifford, Taylor, McNamara - were already giving Kennedy bad advice.
By 1968 we're left with the same bitter, divided, exhausted country. We suppose Johnson would have run, but doubt he'd have gotten very far. Most likely we'd have seen a showdown between the old time Dems, represented by Humphrey, and the new anti-war Dems represented by McCarthy. Not only are they frustrated with the war, they're frustrated with Kennedy's slow pace of change. These folks have no use for Humphrey. We think McCarthy wins. On the GOP side Nixon's still the one and can plausibly run on a campaign slogan of 'I told you so'. He handily defeats McCarthy.
Maybe having won a convincing victory in '68 Nixon doesn't feel he has to worry about '72. Or, given Tricky Dick's personality quirks, does nothing change?
Kennedy was already a legend by the time we became aware of the man with the 20th anniversary of his assassination in 1983.
Many have wondered what would have transpired had Kennedy lived. We've heard some very absurd claims, from no Vietnam War to an early end to the Cold War. Neither one of these ideas makes any sense to anyone who knows anything about either conflict.
For my money, if Kennedy lives very little changes. He defeats Goldwater in '64, although not by Johnson's margin. From then on its full-60's away. All those forces that brought Johnson low were already at work before Kennedy was assassinated. And the Vietnam War? Well, all the people who were giving Johnson bad advice - Clifford, Taylor, McNamara - were already giving Kennedy bad advice.
By 1968 we're left with the same bitter, divided, exhausted country. We suppose Johnson would have run, but doubt he'd have gotten very far. Most likely we'd have seen a showdown between the old time Dems, represented by Humphrey, and the new anti-war Dems represented by McCarthy. Not only are they frustrated with the war, they're frustrated with Kennedy's slow pace of change. These folks have no use for Humphrey. We think McCarthy wins. On the GOP side Nixon's still the one and can plausibly run on a campaign slogan of 'I told you so'. He handily defeats McCarthy.
Maybe having won a convincing victory in '68 Nixon doesn't feel he has to worry about '72. Or, given Tricky Dick's personality quirks, does nothing change?
Monday, May 1, 2017
Michael Moore You're Fat
Via the Belmont Club, the gastropod Michael Moore:
What do you mean 'we' fat man.
As a comenter on Wretchard's FB post noted, 'Started it. Fucked it up. Gave it away.'
Indeed.
In 1968 the US Army and Marines crushed the Tet offensive, utterly destroying the Vietcong as a fighting force forever.
From there Creighton Abrams took over and implemented President Nixon's Vietnamization policy which included land reform, crucial to turning the countryside against the communists. Then came the highly successful Cambodian incursion, another victory when the ARVN stopped the Easter offensive of 1972 and finally Operation Linebacker II which forced the communists back to the negotiating table.
It was not until the Democrat congress cut off aid and refused to enforce the Paris Peace Accord that the ARVN collapsed.
You gotta love the Democrat Party. They start a war they can't finish and then have the gall to criticize Nixon because they don't like the way he cleaned up their mess.
As a comenter on Wretchard's FB post noted, 'Started it. Fucked it up. Gave it away.'
Indeed.
In 1968 the US Army and Marines crushed the Tet offensive, utterly destroying the Vietcong as a fighting force forever.
From there Creighton Abrams took over and implemented President Nixon's Vietnamization policy which included land reform, crucial to turning the countryside against the communists. Then came the highly successful Cambodian incursion, another victory when the ARVN stopped the Easter offensive of 1972 and finally Operation Linebacker II which forced the communists back to the negotiating table.
It was not until the Democrat congress cut off aid and refused to enforce the Paris Peace Accord that the ARVN collapsed.
You gotta love the Democrat Party. They start a war they can't finish and then have the gall to criticize Nixon because they don't like the way he cleaned up their mess.
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