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Middle East Lessons For America, Will Gunzelman

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This presentation provides the talking points from a discussion on the Middle East, Russian “Siege and Starve” tactics, and the need to recognize agriculture as a U.S. national security issue. Presented to the Cattleman’s Association on February 21, 2022; two days prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Author, Will Gunzelman, retired from U.S. Army Special Forces (“Green Berets”) after 27 years of service and numerous combat deployments.

Keywords: Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, Agriculture, National Security, National Defense, Foreign Policy, Political Science, Farming, Ranching, Great Power Competition (GPC), Warfare, Economics, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan , NATO, Food Shortage

The Rp Church And The 1918 Pandemic Over A Century Later, Congregations Are Being Affected In Similar Ways, Nathaniel Pockras

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Quarantine. Wearing a mask. Keeping safer at home. Pandemic. No public worship. Closing and reopening. Many of us think of these far more often than we did a year ago, since we have never experienced anything comparable to COVID-19. But many of us have heard about the great Spanish Flu pandemic at the end of World War I, and we know that a lot of these concepts were important then.

Setting The Record Straight, Nathaniel Pockras

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The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America has existed since the 18^th century, and the actions of its governing Synod are published in annual minutes, but the actions have never been recorded in a single catalogue. An organizational schema is proposed, improving on the schemata of similar catalogues for other Presbyterian denominations: actions are listed chronologically and assigned subject headings to facilitate the creation of a thesaurus. Inclusion criteria are specified, and the catalogue is described in a manner approachable without specialized training.

Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Intelligent American's Guide To Europe (1979) Study Guide, 2002-2014, Steven Alan Samson

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Book Review: The Generals By Thomas E. Ricks, Robert Weaver

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Persephone In The River Phlegethon; Or, The Women At Gettysburg, Brenda A. Ayres

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This paper identifies the heroic women who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, both on the homefront and on the battlefield.

Bill Dark, Michael A. Davis

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Review Of The Truth Is Our Weapon: The Rhetorical Diplomacy Of Dwight D. Eisenhower, David Lindsey Snead

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Review Of Eisenhower, Science Advice, And The Nuclear Test-Ban Debate, 1945-1963, David Lindsey Snead

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Review Of Eisenhower, David Lindsey Snead

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Legal Positivism: The Leading Legal Theory In America, Paul R. Rickert

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The author discusses the transition in from a Natural Law base for American Jurisprudence to legal positivism.

Review: Gray Cavalier: The Life And Wars Of Gkeneral W.H.F. “Rooney” Lee, Cline Edwin Hall

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Hidden Treasure: The Italian War Economy's Contribution To The German War Effort (1943-1945), Timothy Saxon

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Gerhard Schreiber has described the German conquest, occupation, and exploitation of Italy in 1943 as the Wehrmacht's "last victory" of the Second World War. His description is correct in that the German seizure of Fascist Italy produced a substantial economic windfall that materially assisted Germany in continuing the Second World War until the economic collapse of Hitler's Reich. Italy, even after the bitter war years from 1940-1943, remained a prize worth winning. The German conquest and subsequent economic exploitation of Italy raise a variety of important questions, inspired in part by Peter Lieberman's book, Does Conquest Pay? Why did a …

Review No Gun Ri: A Military History Of The Korean War Incident, David Lindsey Snead

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Obscure But Important: The United States And The Russell Islands In World War Ii, David Lindsey Snead

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Review Of Churchill’S Cold War: The Politics Of Personal Diplomacy, David Lindsey Snead

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South Carolina Engineers In The 42nd (Rainbow) Division In World War I, David L. Snead

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Environmental History Of New England: William Cronon’S Changes In The Land, Tyler Veak

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William Cronon’s Changes in the Land presaged a radical turn in environmental thought. His seminal work dramatically reconstructed our view of pre-colonial New England. He dismissed entirely the received history that portrayed pre-colonial America as an uninhabited pristine wilderness. In the process he gave Native Americans agency, and forever blurred the line between humans and nature. Since Changes it has become impossible to realistically think about humans as distinct from the “environment.”

Review: Spyplane: The U-2 History Declassifed, David Lindsey Snead

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Review: All We Knew Was To Farm: Rural Women In The Upcountry South, 1919-1941, Cline Edwin Hall

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Review Of The Cold War: A History In Documents, David Lindsey Snead

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Review Of The Ambiguous Legacy: U.S. Foreign Relations In The “American Century", David Lindsey Snead

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Review: Mountain Rebels: East Tennessee Confederates And The Civil War, 1860- 1870, Michael A. Davis

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Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914-1918, Timothy D. Saxon

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Focuses on the cooperation between British and Japanese naval forces in World War I (WWI) from 1914 to 1918. Historical account of Japanese involvement in WWI as a jackal state; Accounts on the Japanese naval assistance to allied operations in the Mediterranean Sea; Alliance of Japan with Great Britain to pursue an expansionist policy designed to increase territorial gains.

Review: George Washington And The Virginia Backcountry, Cline Edwin Hall

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Thomas Armitage: Baptist Pastor, Historian, And Leader, Gregory A. Smith

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Thomas Armitage (1819-1896) was a Baptist pastor, author, and leader who ministered to a single congregation—New York City’s Fifth Avenue Baptist Church—for forty years. Despite his accomplishments, he has largely been forgotten other than being noted as the author of A History of the Baptists. In addition to serving faithfully in the pastorate, he played a significant role as a leader in the American Bible Union. His English birth, his parents’ untimely death, and his Methodist rearing all made it unlikely that he would become one of the most influential Baptist pastors in nineteenth-century America. His story is, therefore, …

The Legend Of Bill Dark: Guerrilla Warfare, Oral History, And The Unmaking Of An Arkansas Bushwhacker, Michael A. Davis

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Review: Bentonville: The Final Battle Of Sherman And Johnston, Cline Edwin Hall

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Baptist Ministerial Education In The United States, 1850-1950, Gregory A. Smith

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Baptist ministerial education in America expanded and changed significantly between 1850 and 1950. This evolutionary process was the product of religious, educational, political, and other forces. Many Baptists of the period opposed ministerial education, believing that the proper qualification for ministry was a divine calling rather than any human achievement. The education of ministers was a major motivating factor in the founding of most Baptist colleges, but many other factors contributed as well. The ministry training curriculum was a matter of debate in various areas—not least the tension between academic and practical concerns. Major Baptist educational leaders of the period …

Review: Riding With Stuart: Reminiscences Of An Aide-De-Camp, Cline E. Hall

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