The original idea for an American airborne came from Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1918. His commander, Gen. Pershing agreed, but once the WWI Armistice was signed, the plan was terminated. In the late 1920’s, Germany began training parachute units and… Read More ›
Military-Industrial Complex
Update (26 February 2024)
Over the course of this week, I will be digging deeper into the works of Tench Coxe, who was a very colorful Founding Father and not highly remembered for some reason. When I mentioned him in the context of Chapter… Read More ›
A Reading of “Technology against Constitution”
Daniel Boyle’s “Technology Against Constitution” can be best described as one of the more insightful articles on the philosophical underpinnings of The American Post-Liberal. Its basic premise, drawing from the experiences of Ancient Greece, is based on the familiar notion… Read More ›
Update (19 December 2023)
I recently learned over the weekend that Gio from Beautiful Monsters decided to abandon his Telegram chat in favor of establishing a new one. An official chat has been created on Substack and is currently active as of this writing…. Read More ›
A Reading of “The Corporation as a Command Economy (1997)”
There was a 1997 article, which later got republished online ten years ago, that I came across last week. The article in question was written by some Keynesian economic historian, Brad DeLong, who sought to address a question that has… Read More ›
BEER and the MILITARY WWII | Pacific Paratrooper
During WWI, the U.S. struggled to supply “the comforts of home” to the Doughboys. The Red Cross and various other groups helped, but it wasn’t enough. During WWII, the U.S. government was determined to do a better job and reserved… Read More ›
What Will Israel Do Next? Military Options In Gaza Explained
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times. Like many, I worry about what is going on in Israel and Gaza. This is a paragraph from the article. So the more likely… Read More ›
On Deep States in “Der Arbeiter”
In Der Arbeiter, Ernst Jünger wrote in some length about how the State of Total Mobilization must participate in the education and upbringing of the next generation. The goal of the State’s involvement is to instill the Figure of the… Read More ›
China May Have a New Submarine Tracking Technology
Submarines have always been about stealth; that’s always been the whole point of putting them underwater. Tracking them can be difficult, even to this day, but China may have a new technique to help in this endeavour, as reported by… Read More ›
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