Great graphic from Wikipedia on the web of alliances that resulted in the explosion that was World War I.

January 18th, 2008
Christendom, History, War & Peace
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Great graphic from Wikipedia on the web of alliances that resulted in the explosion that was World War I.

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Darin
January 18, 2008
6:47 am
TGGP
January 18, 2008
8:41 am
Dan tdaxp
January 18, 2008
1:31 pm
A.R.Yngve
January 18, 2008
3:19 pm
Monte Davis
January 18, 2008
3:50 pm
"He was pensioned off around the beginning of the Great Depression... to go at a spot of combinatorial analysis, that favorite pastime of retired Army officers, with a rattling intense devotion.
It occurred to him to focus his hobby on the European balance of power... He started in on a mammoth work entitled 'Things That Can Happen in European Politics.' Begin, of course, with England. 'First,' he wrote, 'Bereshith, as it were: Ramsay MacDonald can die.' By the time he went through resulting party alignments and possible permutations of cabinet posts, Ramsay MacDonald had died. 'Never make it,' he found himself muttering at the beginning of each day’s work— 'it’s changing out from under me. Oh, dodgy — very dodgy.'"
Curzon
January 18, 2008
5:24 pm
Monte Davis
January 18, 2008
5:35 pm
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/kaplan-korea
with its extended scenario of the "seven stages of collapse." From Italy 1915 (and 1943) to Baghdad since 2003 to Nairobi and Islamabad next week to the clash of civilizations, I'd dearly love to see more *humility* in our games of "things that can happen."
A.R.Yngve
January 18, 2008
8:17 pm
:-O
Rommel
January 20, 2008
1:21 am
Please elaborate on your last graphic..
Are you suggesting Pakistan would - similar to the Balkans in WWI - be the location of the catalyst for war between the West+Japan vs our East Asian adversaries? I imagine India would be involved there too.. perhaps where Pakistan is now?
Rommel
January 21, 2008
2:15 am
In the second graphic you are merely stating that Pakistan is aided and supported by two strategically opposing nations. If you still care to elaborate, that'd be great.
Curzon
January 21, 2008
10:58 pm
Michael
January 23, 2008
12:50 am