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(182,409 posts)67. Again, thank you for the laughs
You may actually want to read the material posted. The material posted is from an actual expert in this field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_O%27Brien
Phillips Payson O'Brien (born 1963) is an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He was formerly at the University of Glasgow where he ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.
His books include the revisionist history How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II (2015) which concluded that superiority in the air and on the sea on an "Air-Sea Super Battlefield" of thousands of miles, rather than battles on land, determined the outcome of the war. He is also the author of The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff (2019) which re-evaluated the life of Leahy and argued that he was far more influential than had previously been recognized.....
Academic career
O'Brien was a Mellon Research Fellow in American history, and a Drapers Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge,[1] where he completed his PhD in British and American politics and naval policy. He credits fellow American-born British-resident historian Zara Steiner with being a major influence on his work.[2] His dissertation was published by Praeger in 1998 as British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936.[3]
He was subsequently lecturer in modern history at the University of Glasgow where he also ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.[4] There, he edited and contributed to Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (2001), which focussed on technical changes in making naval policy,[5] and The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922 (2004) which was based on papers given at the Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1902 Centenary Conference in 2002.[6] In 2012, he gave evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee of the British House of Commons on the future siting of British nuclear weapons in the event of Scotland leaving the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2016, O'Brien moved to the University of St Andrews[1] where he is professor of strategic studies.[7]
His books include the revisionist history How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II (2015) which concluded that superiority in the air and on the sea on an "Air-Sea Super Battlefield" of thousands of miles, rather than battles on land, determined the outcome of the war. He is also the author of The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff (2019) which re-evaluated the life of Leahy and argued that he was far more influential than had previously been recognized.....
Academic career
O'Brien was a Mellon Research Fellow in American history, and a Drapers Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge,[1] where he completed his PhD in British and American politics and naval policy. He credits fellow American-born British-resident historian Zara Steiner with being a major influence on his work.[2] His dissertation was published by Praeger in 1998 as British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936.[3]
He was subsequently lecturer in modern history at the University of Glasgow where he also ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.[4] There, he edited and contributed to Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (2001), which focussed on technical changes in making naval policy,[5] and The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922 (2004) which was based on papers given at the Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1902 Centenary Conference in 2002.[6] In 2012, he gave evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee of the British House of Commons on the future siting of British nuclear weapons in the event of Scotland leaving the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2016, O'Brien moved to the University of St Andrews[1] where he is professor of strategic studies.[7]
The chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times agrees with this analysis
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One of the top MNSBC national security analysists agrees
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Again, you really should read up and try to understand the material being posted.
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Maybe the same place Hitler got them: junior high schools. Or the equivalent.
raging moderate
Feb 2023
#4
The basis of the story appears to be reputable & the source is Ukraine itself a week ago?
NullTuples
Feb 2023
#10
Those are 30+ years old - the Air Force has wanted to get rid of them for years
News Junkie
Feb 2023
#70
"The Sun" is a sensationalist right-wing rag. All about the clicks, likes and views.
DetlefK
Feb 2023
#12
The deathtraps are why on one had I have no problem with giving our tanks and Bradleys to the
brewens
Feb 2023
#18
You cannot amass that many troops, artillery, and aircraft without the U.S. knowing about it.
sdfernando
Feb 2023
#23
Using Twitter for source material is like using Wikipedia for Graduate level classes.
WarGamer
Feb 2023
#58
This war of choice has damaged DECADES of Russian progress at building their country.
WarGamer
Feb 2023
#77