Tag Archives: World War II

Hollywood’s Classic Propaganda

Posted on January 7, 2024 by JC

As I’ve no doubt written before, I occasionally get the idea in my head that I need to read a certain novel, play a certain video game or see a certain film because of it is considered a “classic”. As … Continue reading →

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Reluctant World Domination

Posted on September 23, 2023 by JC

Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War”: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan, Random House, July 28th, 2009 This is a continuation of my journey into the alternative history of World War … Continue reading →

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Infernal Ruination

Posted on August 28, 2022 by JC

Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II by Sean McMeekin Basic Books, April 20th, 2021 World War II is still largely considered a great moral crusade by Western peoples and portrayed this way in most historical works I’ve … Continue reading →

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Our Empty Overlords

Posted on September 20, 2021 by JC

“We know of periods in the history of many nations in which profound upheavals in cultural processes led to a surge of the merely talented into leading position in communities, schools, academies, and governments. Highly talented people sat in all … Continue reading →

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Known Knowns & Unknown Knowns

Posted on January 11, 2019 by JC

The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion by Peter Hitchens I.B. Tauris, August 30th, 2018 Peter Hitchens has described himself as the obituarist for Britain in some interviews with him I have viewed online. This was particularly true with … Continue reading →

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