#Londinium90AD: Tiberius wanders off alone in the Amazon forest.Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1876 NeroDi John Batchelor

I welcome professor H.W. Brands. His new book: America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh and the Shadow of War. - (@johnbatchelor) November 20, 2024Di noreply@johnbatchelor.substack.com (johnbatchelor)

#Londinium90AD: Europesn populism is rising to oppose the war and to reconnect with Russia. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1811 BrusselsDi John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: First time ever NATO fires missiles into Mother Russia & What is to be done? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1900 RussiaDi John Batchelor

OCEANIA AND AIRSTRIP ONE FIRING ATACMS INTO EAST ASIA: 4/4: The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Patriot-George-Orwell-War/dp/150363549X Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the q uintessential political writer of the twentieth century. His literary output at once r…

OCEANIA AND AIRSTRIP ONE FIRING ATACMS INTO EAST ASIA: 3/4: The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Patriot-George-Orwell-War/dp/150363549X Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the q uintessential political writer of the twentieth century. His literary output at once r…

OCEANIA AND AIRSTRIP ONE FIRING ATACMS INTO EAST ASIA: 2/4: The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Patriot-George-Orwell-War/dp/150363549X Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the q uintessential political writer of the twentieth century. His literary output at once r…

OCEANIA AND AIRSTRIP ONE FIRING ATACMS INTO EAST ASIA: 1 /4: The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Patriot-George-Orwell-War/dp/150363549X Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell, the q uintessential political writer of the twentieth century. His literary output at once …

POPULISM: In praise of Jack Kemp, GOP Populist. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 1925 Scopes Trial, Dayton Penn.Di John Batchelor

PREVIEW: GEORGE ORWELL: SOCIALIST - Conversation with Peter Stansky regarding how George Orwell, aka Eric Blair, always regarded himself as anti-Communist, not anti-Socialist. More later. 1950s TVDi John Batchelor

PREVIEW: GEORGE ORWELL - Conversation with biographer Peter Stansky, author of "The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War," regarding why Eric Blair (aka pseudonym George Orwell) gave up government service and police work in the Far East and went home to a hardscrabble pursuit of literature. More tonight. 1948…

#OzWatch: The Spoodle Dallas of Assisi welcomes a new guest. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety SkylarkDi John Batchelor

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 8/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 7/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 6/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 5/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 4/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 3/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 2/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPON ESCALATION IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: 1/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disar…

#OzWatch: India on a Five Day Test overwhelming lackluster Australia. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/cricket-2024-australia-vs-india-first-test-live-updates-scores-stream-start-time-latest-news-highlights/news-story/e67af89a7aa6472a8f9c85929e722173 1902 James Kelly…

#OzWatch: Genuine snake on a plane doesn't discourage the passengers. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://au.news.yahoo.com/deadly-detail-in-sand-reveals-little-known-risk-at-aussie-beaches-000527383.html 1918 Australian soldiers at Australia House, LondonDi John Batchelor

#OzWatch:40C in Melbourne: Hottest Spring in 42 years, more expected. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/australian-weather-storm-outbreak-to-follow-hottest-spring/104636250 1950 MelbourneDi John Batchelor

Preview: October Surprise 1980: Conversation with investigative journalist Craig Unger, author of "Den of Spies," regarding the master intriguer Bill Casey who was at the heart of the allegation of skulduggery in the 1980 faceoff between President Jimmy Carter and Governor Ronald Reagan. More of this after Thanksgiving. undated Reagan and Gorbachev…

Preview: Nuclear Weapons: 1962: Escalation: Conversation with Professor Serhii Plokhy, author of "Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis," reminding that the two sides in a nuclear weapon confrontation do not have good information about the scale of the threat. The Kennedy Administration did not know that nuclear-tipped torpedoes and …

Preview: Nuclear Weapons: 1962: Escalation: Conversation with Professor Serhii Plokhy, author of "Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis," regarding the unpredictability of escalation by nuclear powers during the Cold War -- reminding that the escalation cycle moves swiftly and illogically. More tonight. 1915 Havana…