Creative Pretexts for War July 2, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Prehistoric
In the good old days when we had spears and lived in tribal societies war was, for much of humanity, a seasonal activity like boar hunting and berry picking. You did not have to explain why you wanted to steal the cattle of the clan on the other side of the hill: you just got […]
The Sausage War August 26, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : ContemporaryBeachcombing has been paying perhaps too much attention to Finland in the last two months: the result of a long infatuation with Mannerheim, the aristocratic military commander who twice saved his young country from the Soviets. He kicked off with the tale of Mannerheim’s cigar. He moved onto a WIBT moment in the court […]
