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China's History as Destiny
Beijing Charles Burton China Communism Today Corrective History Delenda Est Carthago Education History Wars Public History War & Weaponry
By Charles Burton. Xi Jinping's efforts to revitalize Communist Party rule and stave off decay rely on reinforcing strictly Leninist political structures, terror — and lies about China's Official History. From our archives.
Fortunate Son — 'Ghosts of War' Reviewed
Biography Eric Reguly John Pepall Vietnam War & Weaponry
Robert Reguly had two of the greatest scoops in Canada’s newspaper history.
Diversity at Any Cost
"Canada Is Back" Afghanistan Canadian Defence Defence of Canada Defence Policy Ian Holloway War & Weaponry
Canada’s Defence Leaders Misunderstand the ‘Problem’ of Tradition. The new approach assumes that dress regulations are designed to make the individual member a better clerk, or cook, or technician. But they weren’t. What they were intended to do was to signal one’s willingness to submit to discipline.
The Fall and Rise of Military History
Book Reviews Canada Canadian Defence Defence of Canada First World War Historiography John Ferris Second World War Tim Cook War & Weaponry War and Society
“Cook argues, rightly, that Americans, Australians, and Britons consistently have recollected this war in reasonably accurate ways, which emphasise their sacrifices and successes. Canadians, alone among the victor powers, have tended to forget why they fought this 'necessary war,' and to remember their defeats more than their deeds.” BY JOHN FERRIS The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada’s Second World War. Tim Cook. Allen Lane, 2020. THIS BOOK ASSESSES how an unmilitary people remembers its military history. Tim Cook’s account of how Canadians have viewed the Second World War says much of value,...
Israel and Palestine: Exploding the Myths
Corrective History History Debates History Wars Hymie Rubenstein Israel Men and Ideas Middle East Palestinians War & Weaponry
Historical denial, Arab propaganda, liberal guilt, and anti-Semitism serve to legitimize a demand for a sovereign Palestinian state where none has ever existed. The claim of "apartheid" is only the latest charge in the effort to delegitimize Israel.