The Swallow – a story of the WWII Night Witches
A skeptical Soviet aircraft mechanic has a surprise encounter with a Night Witch, one of the legendary female bomber pilots of the Great Patriotic War. It does not go the way as he expected.
WWIII
Ballad of the Unknown Pilot
A wounded Soviet pilot in a crippled fighter remembers the young women who flew biplanes and lived in a barn.
Martin van Creveld sees our victory in WWII by what didn’t happen afterwards
Summary: On Memorial Day we remember the sacrifices by those who fought in America’s wars. But let us also remember the victories they won. None greater than in WWII. Here the eminent historian Martin van Creveld reminds us of what people expected for the post-war world. We did much better than that, showing what we …
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Fury: the big screen display of America’s love of war, & inability to understand it
Summary: Today we have another guest post by film critic Locke Peterseim, reviewing Fury. He discusses how Fury displays what we’ve learned about the nature of war after 13 years of continuous fighting. Oddly, we seem to be able to see war only through the frame of WW2, a war quite unlike those we fight …
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Why do awesome people – like us – have such inadequate leaders?
Summary: Each campaign season brings complaints about the quality of the candidates. Why such a poor selection, unlike what we see at Best Buy? Read this for an answer, proven by history. I tweaked this, as comments suggested that the inital version was unclear. “Have you ever stopped to consider that there is a difference between ideals and …
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