Tag Archives: Soviet Union

Book Review: The Tyranny Of Good Intentions

Posted on March 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Tyranny Of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors And Bureaucrats Are Trampling The Constitution In The Name Of Justice, by Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton This is the sort of book that people like me read when they want … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Winter War

Posted on December 10, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Winter War: A Novel, by William Durbin In this novel William Durbin, a writer who specializes in biographies of golfers like Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods and in adventure novels geared to teen and young adult readers, writes a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Red Steel: Soviet Tanks And Combat Vehicles Of The Cold War

Posted on October 25, 2015 by nathanalbright

Red Steel: Soviet Tanks And combat Vehicles Of The Cold War, by Russell Phillips [Note: This book was given free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] This is the sort of book that, if you … Continue reading →

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Book Review: I Was A Slave In Russia

Posted on June 11, 2012 by nathanalbright

I Was A Slave In Russia: An American Tells His Story, by John Noble Published in 1958, this account by an American young man who had been imprisoned by the Soviets as a spy after having spent World War II … Continue reading →

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Book Review: From Russia, With Love

Posted on March 9, 2012 by nathanalbright

From Russia, With Love, by Ian Fleming In the order of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, this one comes in at fifth, right after Diamonds Are Forever [1], and featuring a bit of commentary about Tiffany Case, the heroine of … Continue reading →

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Today In History: On June 26, 1960, Somaliland Become An Independent Nation For The First Time

Posted on June 26, 2011 by nathanalbright

Many nations of the world became independent in 1960, as it marked the widespread end of European colonialism over much of the world’s surface. One of the nations that got their independence fifty-one years ago today, on June 26, 1960, … Continue reading →

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Today In History: On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl Melted Down

Posted on April 26, 2011 by nathanalbright

On April 26, 1986, the world faced its worst nuclear plant disaster to date (though Japan’s Fukushima disaster is next in line [1]). Chernobyl is a textbook example of how not to handle a nuclear disaster, and showed how morally … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Disasters: A Logarithmic Scale

Posted on March 14, 2011 by nathanalbright

Yesterday I read an intriguing article that showed how the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) placed nuclear disasters on a seven point scale [1].  The scale is a logarithmic one where each increasing number is ten times as much of … Continue reading →

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