History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Front & Center http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:27:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Going Rogue: The Imperial Japanese Army Launches a War http://www.historynet.com/going-rogue-the-imperial-japanese-army-launches-a-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-rogue-the-imperial-japanese-army-launches-a-war http://www.historynet.com/going-rogue-the-imperial-japanese-army-launches-a-war.htm#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:43 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685117 http://www.historynet.com/going-rogue-the-imperial-japanese-army-launches-a-war.htm/feed 0 Human Bullets: The Imperial Japanese Army http://www.historynet.com/human-bullets-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-bullets-the-imperial-japanese-army http://www.historynet.com/human-bullets-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:47:04 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685011 http://www.historynet.com/human-bullets-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm/feed 0 Triumph of the Will? Japan After 1853 http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853 http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:27:06 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684970 Last week we asked the Japanese army a somewhat sarcastic question: What were you guys thinking?

I'd argue that the Japanese decisions of 1931, 1937, and 1941 make almost no sense unless we delve back a bit into Japanese history. …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm/feed 4 A Question for the Imperial Japanese Army http://www.historynet.com/a-question-for-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-question-for-the-imperial-japanese-army http://www.historynet.com/a-question-for-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:53:01 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684911 "What were you guys thinking?"

The Imperial Japanese Army was, by most standards, a first-rate outfit. Its officers were as smart and dedicated as they come and the enlisted ranks were filled with some of the toughest light infantry the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/a-question-for-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm/feed 11 Miracle: The Girl from Rotterdam http://www.historynet.com/miracle-the-girl-from-rotterdam.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miracle-the-girl-from-rotterdam http://www.historynet.com/miracle-the-girl-from-rotterdam.htm#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:11:33 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684852 As readers of this column know by now, war movies don't do much for me. It's a case of too much movie and not enough war. Too much Hollywood, not enough Hürtgen. Everything in real war is confused, bewildering, and …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/miracle-the-girl-from-rotterdam.htm/feed 7 Smackdown: Timoshenko and the Winter War http://www.historynet.com/smackdown-timoshenko-and-the-winter-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smackdown-timoshenko-and-the-winter-war http://www.historynet.com/smackdown-timoshenko-and-the-winter-war.htm#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:22:46 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684821 I've already confessed my love of the Talvisota, the "Winter War," especially the opening phase in which the tiny Finnish army stood tall and smashed the initial Soviet invasion of their homeland. The Finns were a democratic people, fighting in …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/smackdown-timoshenko-and-the-winter-war.htm/feed 8 White Death, Part 2: The Winter War http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-death-part-2-the-winter-war http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:30:49 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684665 Last time out we were discussing the Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland during the winter of 1939–40. As we saw, a combination of Soviet bullying and Finland's refusal to be bullied had typical consequences for …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm/feed 2 White Death, part 1 http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-death-part-1 http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:53:23 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684615 Ah, it's that time of year again. There is a chill in the air, even down here in Texas. The leaves are starting to turn color. The Beaujolais Nouveau is being released today. The holiday season is about to begin, …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm/feed 5 "Memory: Using Leningrad" http://www.historynet.com/memory-using-leningrad.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memory-using-leningrad http://www.historynet.com/memory-using-leningrad.htm#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:51:45 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684549 Last week I made myself sick writing about the siege of Leningrad.  World War II was a horrible time for everyone involved, and a lot of people had it very bad, indeed.  No one had it any worse than the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/memory-using-leningrad.htm/feed 3 Horror: Leningrad Goes down the Drain http://www.historynet.com/horror-leningrad-goes-down-the-drain.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horror-leningrad-goes-down-the-drain http://www.historynet.com/horror-leningrad-goes-down-the-drain.htm#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:37:26 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684452 I've dreaded writing this column.  I've been dancing around it, in fact, with a lot of talk about the meaning of history, about post-modernism and the accepted "narrative" of World War II.  Frankly, all that intellectualizing–in other words, what I …

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