The American Scholar. I suddenly realized that this is the way the world lives... in terms of an enemy. It’s exactly the target that Jesus aimed at all his life, and Buddha too, and Freud; and Gandhi and Martin Luther King: trying to make this invisible creature unnecessary.... Is there truly an enemy, a serpent, devil, PLO terrorist, Libyan hit-man.... Of course there is an enemy; reality says so. Only meditate, say the great teachers: Is there really? Or do we create him?
112 years ago, famous american writer Stephen Crane died at age 28. Despite of his youth, he already had become one of the icons of american literature. Most famous is his american civil war novel 'The Red Badge of Courage', which has been read by almost every american high school kid.
Author, journalist, satirist, and critic Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born 70 years ago today. He had a great influence in the literature of the 20th century through his works, most of them dealing with the American Civil War.
Die Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg hat mit Unterstützung der Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg 19 ihrer Feldzeitungen aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkrieges digitalisiert und mikroverfilmt. Um dem interessierten Benutzer online einen möglichst lückenlosen Bestand anbieten zu können, wurden vorhandene Lücken im Printbestand durch Digitalisierung von Exemplaren aus anderen Bibliotheken geschlossen.
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Weil sie zu viele Informationen zur Verfügung hatte, fällte eine US-Drohnenbesatzung im vergangenen Jahr eine schwere Fehlentscheidung. Sie kostete 23 afghanische
Der Iran hat am Samstag erstmals eine Cyberattacke auf seine Industrieanlagen durch den mysteriösen Computerschädling „Stuxnet“ bestätigt. Das Computervirus scheint speziell gegen die iranische Industrie und Energieversorgung gerichtet zu sein. Aber auch andere Länder sind betroffen. Stuxnet braucht industrielle Steuerungssysteme der Firma Siemens und Windows-Rechner, um sich entfalten zu können. Diese Struktur findet sich vor allem im Iran. Experten schätzen, 60 Prozent der Stuxnet-Attacken seien im Iran zu verzeichnen. Das Virus ist aber auch bereits in den USA, Großbritannien, Indonesien und Indien aufgetaucht.
"to remain in ignorance of the enemy's condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity."
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-623415318 World War II Propaganda Posters By OMGuide updated 02/16/2009 Share on Digg 4 diggs Share on Reddit Share on StumbleUpon Add to del.icio.us Share on Facebook Tweet this Guide! The United States government and its military endeavors are always questioned in the media
This is a look at the furious battle that raged between the RAF and the Luftwaffe during the summer of 1940. A battle that not only saved Britain but perhaps the entire war.
nominated for both Best Novel (for The Last Colony) and Best Fan Writer, which I think is pretty neat. This guy should be nominated for the best blog, if you ask me. - ptw
Speech by Richard von Weizsacker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany,
in the Bundestag during the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe and of National Socialist Tyranny,
May 8, 1985