Originally Posted by ando here

C-SPAN3 American History TV: George Washington’s Military Career Douglas Bradburn

Bradburn really emphasizes the high regard of Washington as a military commander. Perhaps because I’m from the New York area and have always heard about Washington’s losses, retreats and general blundering in this area during the Revolutionary War that has given me a very different impression of his skills in the field.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.