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IN THE ASHES OF AN INFERNO, A LINGERING DEBATE
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[PUBLISHED CORRECTION - DATE: Wednesday, September 6, 2006:
Correction: In an interview in the Aug. 27 Books section, historian
A. C. Grayling incorrectly described the death of former Secretary of
War Henry Lewis Stimson in 1950 as a suicide. Stimson's official
cause of death was natural causes.)
In "Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the
WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan" (Walker, $25.95), A.
C. Grayling investigates the Allied bombing of civilians termed "area
bombing" and asks whether it was legal, moral, or necessary. He
coolly yet compassionately ...
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THE BARBARY WARS: American Independence in the Atlantic World
Magazine article from: Sea Power
; ...with the French and the War of 1812 with Great Britain. The Barbary Wars, highlighted by the Tripolitan War lasting from 1801-1805 and the Algerine War from 1815-1816, were...claims that the Barbary Wars were "a holy war of Muslims...
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World War One: the sky below -- the sea above.
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; As 1914 and war approached, Canada's naval...and aerial matters, and the war years were characterized by...world as Europe drifted into war, eight time zones to the West...aggressive Hose found the sloop Algerine and continued south until he...
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World War I: HMCS Niobe.
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...outbreak of the First World War, there was no clear Canadian...the RN. With the outbreak of war, Niobe was refitted and placed...living in Canada and sailors from Algerine and Shearwater who were brought...depot ship for the rest of the war. ALARM SOUNDED On 6 December...
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Steady hearts: the battle of Coronel.(THE GREAT WAR)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...House of Commons to announce that Great Britain was at war with Germany, it was noticed that tears were streaming...ancients, the steam-and-sail sloops HMS Shearwater and Algerine, to hunt for the
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Rainbow Warrior: naval action in the Pacific (HMCS Rainbow).
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...as the world slipped into war, the residents of Canada...sail sloops HMS Shearwater and Algerine, last reported off the Mexican...Do your utmost to protect Algerine and Shearwater steering north...reports of Shearwater or "Algerine" and they had no radios...
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The fallacy of grievance-based terrorism.(What Motivates Terror?)
Magazine article from: Middle East Quarterly
; ...enslaved her crew. A year later, Algerine pirates seized two more vessels...treaty with Morocco, but the Algerine leadership refused any accommodation...military embroiled in the War of 1812, Algerine pirates again began terrorizing...historians consider the Barbary wars a sideshow relative ...
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HMCS rainbow: celebrating our Navy's centennial: on the road to an independant Navy, in 1910 the Canadian government acquired some Royal Navy warships. Technically the first to be commissioned into Canadian service, HMCS Rainbow was also the first Royal Canadian Navy vessel to set sail on wartime operations.(BUILDING A NATION)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...fell to two British sloops, Algerine and Shearwater, which spent...Rainbow returned to Esquimalt, war clouds were gathering in Europe...shipping and to search for Algerine and Shearwater, which were...Do your utmost to protect Algerine and Shearwater steering north...
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MoD protects military shipwrecks as final resting places.
M2 Presswire
; ...DELIGHT Location: Off Portland World War II The destroyer HMS DELIGHT was...GHURKA Location: Off Dungeness World War I On 8 February 1917 the destroyer...LOYALTY Location: Off Nab Light World War II This Algerine-Class minesweeper was torpedoed...
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History to see: Old Ironsides
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...quote, penned early in the war, summarizes in a sentence why...behind what began as an unpopular war," naval historian Tyrone G...edition. "We went into that war as Carolinians, Virginians...protection" -- often from Algerine and Tripolitan pirates. So...
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How America Won Independence at Sea
Magazine article from: USA Today
; ...author of The Barbary Wars: American Independence...known as the Barbary Wars. This 33-year period...includes the Tripolitan War (1801-05) and the Algerine War (1815-16), is an...think about the Barbary Wars when analyzing the U...
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