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Wall Street Journal: World War I: The War That Changed Everything
By MARGARET MACMILLAN World War I began 100 years ago this month, and in many ways, writes historian Margaret MacMillan, it remains the defining conflict of the modern era. A hundred years ago next week, in
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Wall Street Journal: Global Leadership: How WWI Helped Unravel the British Empire
By ADAM HOCHSCHILD The Great War began dethroning a superpower—but it was one of the victors The First World War helped to dethrone a superpower—paradoxically, one of the victors. In 1914, Britain sat atop the
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Newsday: Scholars reconsider Civil War death toll
Scholars reconsider Civil War death toll Published: May 28th, 2012 By CHRIS CAROLA. The Associated Press ALBANY — Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil
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Trial by Combat
By Peter Drymalski Trial by Combat Lawyers on the Battlefields of the Civil War Common Destinies, Common Pasts On June 29, 1863, William Colvill was in a foul mood, which was only partly due
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Beta Rules for “AT ANY COST: METZ 1870”
Designed by Hermann Luttmann Developed by Fred Manzo Oct. 26th, 2014 P500 page Consimworld Discussion page for AAC (The following are the near-beta rules for Hermann Luttmann’s new Franco-Prussian War game: At Any Cost:
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New York Times: High-Tech Push Has Board Games Rolling Again
High-Tech Push Has Board Games Rolling Again By NICK WINGFIELD MAY 5, 2014 MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Dan Shapiro sold a company to Google and worked at Microsoft. His name is on nearly a dozen technology-related
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Wall Street Journal: Two New Translations of ‘Herodotus: The Histories’
Book Review: ‘Herodotus: The Histories’ translated by Tom Holland & ‘Herodotus: Histories’ translated by Pamela Mensch The beleaguered Samians, needing Spartan military aid, held up a bag and said ‘Bag needs flour.’ The laconic
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New York Times: The Toys of War
The Toys of War By SARAH BURNS and DANIEL GREENE FEBRUARY 27, 2014, 9:26 PM Just in time for Christmas 1866, a 30-year-old game creator named Milton Bradley ran an advertisement in Colman’s Rural World, a St.
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Forbes: Captain Kirk Meets The Settlers of Catan
By Michael Peck “Kirk to Enterprise. We need to build … an outpost on this planet. Beam down a brick, wood, sheep and wheat card.” How does someone turn Settlers of Catan, the legendary German board game,
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The South Cocoon: a paper by Ryan Owens based on the testimony of Joseph Lutrario, the only person pulled alive from the WTC’s South Tower on 9/11.
“The South Cocoon” is a paper by Ryan Owens based on the testimony of Joseph Lutrario, the only person pulled alive from the WTC’s South Tower on 9/11. Description Page 305 of the 9/11
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