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- War tubas, eh!
While cruising the through refurb graveyard at the Canadian War Museum this afternoon I came across a war tuba array from the first world war! They were made of wood and were about a foot in diameter. See more pics. Sorry for the quality, my Canadian mobile has a crap camera.
See the previously covered Japanese, [...]
- History vs. Future
The esteemed Zenpundit and I have begun a discussion on comparative methodologies for historians and futurists that looks promising. See Mark’s original post and my comment that sparked his detailed reply which I then analyzed.
Please join the conversation over at Zenpundit. There are many CA community members that have a better grasp on this stuff [...]
- The occupation and your job
Grendel sent in this interesting film strip by the famous war-time propagandist Frank Capra. The film was shown to American soldiers assigned to the occupying force in Germany after the second world war.
The opening statement of the film is apropos of the situation in Iraq:
“By your conduct and attitude while on guard inside Germany you [...]
- I say there, war tuba.
The British join the Japanese and the Russians in our collection of war tubas.
Via kende.
- смотреть! Russian War Tubas!
The photo of Japanese war tubas I posted last month has proven very popular. A Spanish-language British blog (?) linked to the War Tubas in a post on Soviet anti-zeppelin countermeasures use of barrage balloons in World War II against aerial bombings. [My Spanish sucks, yo – YH] This looks like a sweet post, I [...]
- Nation States: From Non-Existent to Status Quo
[Part I]
Last week, I argued that Kosovo did not actually set a legal precedent for other breakaway regions but instead finally officially asked a question that has been asked for decades but never answered, namely, who gets to become a state?
From Non-Existent to Status Quo
Although the idea of a nation-state is taken by most to [...]
- Behold! The War Tuba!
Here is a strange photo of Emperor Hirohito inspecting some impressive “war tubas” in the 1930s. War tubas were a type of acoustic locator for detecting aircraft that pre-dated radar.
Found randomly via Futility Closet. Isn’t the internet wonderful late at night?
ADDENDUM: Also see Russian war tubas!
- The Zimmermann Telegram Feasability Study
Most Americans know that it was the Zimmermann Telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico at the height of World War I, that brought US into the war in Europe. Frustrated with blatant US support of Britain, Germany solicited Mexico to invade the southern United States and offered aid and assistance. However, the telegram [...]
- Army Wife in Tokyo, 1946
Fascinating story. The luxuries enjoyed by Americans in post-war Japan spread to the rest of the “expat” world and was addressed and criticized in the book The Ugly American.
- The History of Male Circumcision, Part 1
I’ve covered the histories of salt and chili pepper and other various topics previously, but in this post I’m going to take a topic all together different and review the history of male circumcision. Today most Americans think of cutting off the foreskin for males shortly after birth as completely natural. Yet this [...]
