A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
A look at history and popular culture
This week, at long last, we begin our long-delayed but always expected something that we blog for: the Hearts of Iron IV Teaching Paradox series! This has been a long requested series that I put off for a long time because I wasn't entirely sure how I wanted to tackle it. But my thoughts here … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part I: Operational Art
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army's extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically successful design, Taylor argues here that it cast a baleful shadow over … Continue reading Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
Fireside this week! We actually haven't had one of these in quite a while; we had a gap week in April but the last Fireside looks like it was in March! In any case, here we are and here's Ollie: Research Assistant Cat Ollie, doing his best impression of a bagel next to his toy … Continue reading Fireside Friday: June 9, 2023