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still buying things



Collected here for the first time is a fascinating and compulsively readable assortment of facts, figures, lists, and other various curiosities about warfare throughout history, from ancient times to modern-day combat. Find out in which of General Patton's past lives he was a caveman (his first life was supposedly as a prehistoric mammoth hunter), what the six worst reasons for going to war in history are (French pastries, animal fat, and losing a soccer match are all culprits), why Iraqis aren't the first to appear on playing cards (World War II leaders were on cards in Belgium-Hitler was The Joker), who has the largest military budgets (the United States and Russia), and which countries military expenditures are largest in relation to gross domestic product (the United States slips to forty-third, while North Korea tops the list). For anyone who bought a copy of the best-selling Schott's Original Miscellany, or has an interest in military facts and figures, Essential Militaria is the perfect gift for the armchair general.
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also from john keegan:
The Book of War : 25 Centuries of Great War Writing
Fields of Battle : The Wars for North America (Vintage)
The Mask of Command

Cassell Military Classics: Sky Battles: Dramatic Air Warfare Actions - alfred price

On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society - dave grossman

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION : The No-Nonsense Guide To Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons Today (Cassell Military Paperbacks) - robert hutchinson

I Flew for the Fuhrer - heinz knoke

The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians - caleb carr

Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece That Changed the World - russell martin, pablo picasso

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also picked up
Sugihara - Conspiracy of Kindness on DVD
i wrote a paper on him a couple years ago

n the fall of 1939 Hitler's murderous wave was sweeping through Eastern Europe. In the face of the Nazi onslaught, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara made a decision that would change his life and thousands of others. With no possible hope for reward and at great risk to his family and career, Sugihara acted on his innermost beliefs and used his diplomatic power to rescue desperate Jewish refugees.

As Japanese Consul to Lithuania, Sugihara defied Tokyo authorities by writing transit visas that were the sole remaining hope of Jews facing extermination. More than 2,000 Sugihara-stamped passports allowed hundreds of families to flee Europe through Russia to Japan and safe havens abroad. Today it is estimated that at least 40,000 people owe their existence to Sugihara’s heroism.
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oh
and a subscription to ESPN magazine
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