C. M. Rubin: Alice -- Victoria!

Source: The Huffington Post

Welcome to the 2012 Victorian Extravaganza in Llandudno, the largest street entertainment event in Wales. My Dearest Cousin Anne, Have been invited to Llandudno in Wales first week of May to participate in the town's a ...
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Q&A: Warum hält sich die Mär, dass Deutschland den ersten Weltkrieg ausgelöst hat ?

Source: Askmee.de

Answer von jeremy.joker Weil Serbien ein Ultimatum gestellt wurde, das sie nie im Leben hätten einhalten können! Sie mussten es ablehnen, darauf hatte man spekuliert und konnte so seinen geplanten Krieg legiti ...
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War as Will and Presentation

Source: Law Librarian Blog

"War ... is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will." Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1874). Sounds a simple enough statement for a "plain language" understanding but it is one of the mos ...
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No One Cares About Otto Von Bismarck's Mustache

Source: The Comics Reporter

But they sure don't like giving someone "the Hitler," either in real-life, or, as happened in a Mike Marland effort in the Concord Monitor, in cartoon form. I think this editorial gives you just about everything yo ...
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[Opinion] EU must open its eyes to Balkan realities

Source: EUobserver.com

BRUSSELS - On his death in 1898, Otto Von Bismarck is quoted to have said that "If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans." He was right. A decade or so after his death a silly thing in the Balk ...
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Scramble for Africa 2.0

Source: Thought Leader

An auspicious meeting took place at the Berlin residence of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck about 130 years ago. Foreign ministers of 14 European powers and the United States established ground rules for the future exploitation of the “da ...
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Marketing wasted on the young

Source: Albany Times-Union

With each passing birthday, some wise guy asks if I'm finally going to retire. Oh, how I hate that question! I love my work, and I love to work. As it turns out, I'm part of an emerging demographic: the longev ...
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Andrew Roberts: Europe’s Hubristic Imperial Overstretch

Source: History News Network

The writer’s books include The Storm of War and A History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900. The key text for the coming dismemberment of the European Union can be found in that compendium of homespun wisdom and ha ...
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