Friday, October 25, 2019

In the news, Monday, October 14, 2019


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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California

John E. Clark, Jr., Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat (2001)
Christopher R. O’Dea - "This short volume illustrates the importance of management practices and political culture in adapting an emerging technology to the demands of war. The author’s position is clear—Clark contends that despite having a considerable number of rail lines within its territory, the basis of the claim that the South had an advantage early in the conflict in the form of “internal lines of communication,” and the legal authority to take control of the railroads for military purposes, the Confederate leadership “proved unable” to recognize the increasing importance of logistics as the conflict wore on."

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Zero Hedge

Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes 'Hostage' As Trump Authorizes Sanction
Amid all the media and pundit outrage since Turkey's President Erdogan launched his so-called 'Operation Peace Spring' into northeast Syria last week, vowing to wipe out Syrian Kurdish forces who've long held the border areas, what's been largely missing is acknowledgement of the uncomfortable fact that NATO ally Turkey has long hosted a major portion of America's nuclear Cold War-era arsenal stored across Europe. And as Erdogan threatens to "open the doors and send 3.6 million migrants" to Europe while under increased international criticism for the rapidly rising civilian death toll in Syria, The New York Times reports the following bombshell Monday: some 50 US tactical nukes are "now essentially Erdogan’s hostages".

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