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Fascinating parallels Cynthia
posted by
Katray2
on February 3, 2007 at 7:09 AM
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Ariel, I know you are right, there are strong woman involved in War and
History, it's just not proportional to the numbers of men in the field.
posted by
Cynthia
on February 2, 2007 at 4:36 AM
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Maj, It's OK to say Smithsonian Institution...
I actually work directly with their Human Studies Film Archive all the time on projects.
posted by
Cynthia
on February 2, 2007 at 4:34 AM
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Cynthia
The British The Time, and the Daily Telegraph have had, and have now, some truly superb female war correspondents, one of whom ( whose name I forget right now ) covered almost every war from the Spanish Civil War of 1936/39 to Gulf War I.
The London Intitute of Stategic Studies also has its highly skilled female element. War is such an integral part of history that any who study the former can hard fail to become familiar with the latter
The current crop of British TV female correspondents are generally a pathetic, heavily biased rabble
posted by
ariel70
on February 1, 2007 at 12:40 PM
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Lots of female military specialists, including weaposn expert at Smithsonia
Ops, sorry, didn't mean to say that name...
posted by
majroj
on February 1, 2007 at 12:22 PM
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I meant to say "know" not "now.
posted by
Cynthia
on February 1, 2007 at 4:23 AM
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Ariel, Rich and Maj, you guys clearly
are all well read in history, and now way more about the history of war than I. It really seems to be a male dominated field of interest. I get most of my historical knowledge from the Antiques Road Show on PBS;-)
posted by
Cynthia
on February 1, 2007 at 4:22 AM
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Warfare done right
Swiftly done, disasterously genocidal for your enemies, totally disabling, then followed by moderation.
He also had to have independent yet trustworthy local warlords, what with communication being as slow as it was. No occupation; as the Romans mostly did, move in and subborn the local people to police themselves and each other.
posted by
majroj
on January 31, 2007 at 6:49 PM
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cynthia,
the trouble is .. some people never learn!
posted by
richinstore
on January 31, 2007 at 6:44 AM
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Cynthia
Oh yes, indeed! For far too long had Temudjin, Genghis, had a bad press. He's been made a bogeyman.
He had a simple maxim ; anyone resists, slaughter them all, and make a pyramid of their heads. If they don't, tax them moderately, let them follow any religion that they like, and enforce equality among my subjects.
Oh, as well as having the first efficient postal system in history, that is.
The bow that you mention was the recurved type ; designed to overcome the unsuitability of the long bow for a mainly cavalry army. It is more powerful that any other bow, except the Welsh/English longbow of mediaeval times.
By coincidence, I've just posted an unfinished poem about the mysterious halt called to Mongol conquest in the 14th century. Historians now believe that the death of Genghis back in Mongolia sent all the claimants to his empire hastening home.
Interesting post, thank you
posted by
ariel70
on January 31, 2007 at 6:34 AM
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