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Tag Archives: Iceland
Book Review: Outpost In The North Atlantic: Marines In The Defense Of Iceland
Outpost In The North Atlantic: Marines In The Defense Of Iceland, by James A. Donovan This book is essentially the other side of the story to a post I wrote earlier about the long-term sense of embarrassment that Iceland suffered … Continue reading
Book Review: Denmark And Iceland
Denmark And Iceland, by Elise C. Otte This book is 5/6 about Denmark or so and only 1/6 about Iceland, which may have been fair in the mind of the author concerning the population of the two areas but is … Continue reading
Book Review: Iceland: The Warm Country Of The North
Iceland: The Warm Country Of The North, by Sigurgier Sigurjonsson Iceland, a country I have yet to visit but would definitely like to visit at some point, is a country with a fascinating if somewhat peripheral history to Europe as … Continue reading
Book Review: The Almost Nearly Perfect People
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind The Myth Of The Scandinavian Utopia, by Michael Booth It is hard to tell whether the author really wished to damn the Scandinavian cultures with faint praise by exposing the darker side of the … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, politics, Sweden
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Book Review: The Puffin Of Death
The Puffin Of Death: A Gunn Zoo Mystery #4, by Betty Webb This is the fourth book in a series, and the first one I have read. My library doesn’t happen to have the entire series and it’s not quite … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Betty Webb, Iceland, literature, mystery, novel
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Book Review: A History Of Scandinavia
A History Of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, & Iceland, by T.K. Derry Do you like 400 page long history books about Scandinavia from the 1970’s that are written from a left-wing politically biased point of view? If so, this … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, History, International Relations, Military History
Tagged culture, Denmark, diplomacy, Finland, Iceland, Norway, political history, politics, Sweden
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Book Review: The Ethical World-Conception Of The Norse People
The Ethical World-Conception Of The Norse People, by Andrew Peter Fors As someone with a bit of Scandinavian heritage and a great deal of interest in the history and culture of the area [1], I found this to be an … Continue reading
Book Review: Ivory Vikings
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery Of The Most Famous Chessmen In The World And The Woman Who Made Them, by Nancy Marie Brown The odds are high that many people among my readers will not know the Lewis chessmen by name. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, History, International Relations
Tagged art, art history, chess, culture, Greenland, Iceland, Middle Ages, Norway, politics, Scotland
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Ástandsbörn
Recently I have been paying attention to one of the periodic leaks of previously private information that occurs in our contemporary world and that erodes trust in our corporate and political elites. One of these scandals, one which has not … Continue reading
Posted in American History, History, International Relations, Military History, Musings
Tagged economics, Iceland, legitimacy, politics, rape, World War II
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Arctic Fire
Among the many international institutions of this world lies one that is at least somewhat obscure given the potential importance of its geographic span. The Arctic Council is made up of eight nations who control land around the Arctic Ocean … Continue reading
Posted in International Relations
Tagged business, Canada, China, diplomacy, engineering, Greenland, Iceland, logistics, Russia
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