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Information Dissemination (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
If you haven't seen it, HG's World has a really good blog post discussing the Naval Institute's Proceedings article by James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara entitled, Mahan's Lingering Ghost .
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Red Yarn (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Sean Mahan 's work is just so beautiful. He says his technique is graphite renderings on luan wood with washes of acrylic. I have never seen anything like this and it reminded me of the series of drawings I was doing. Hope you are inspired too!
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Information Dissemination (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Tom Barnett and I have had many discussions on a singular point, how the rise of China is all too similar to the theories of A.T. Mahan . Few people may be aware that Alfred Thayer Mahan might be the most influential American historian in China today. In those discussions Tom and I have had, neither of us ever articulated our points as well as James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara did...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sheikh Maher Hammoud is one of few senior Sunni clerics in Lebanon who sides with Iranian-backed, Shi'ite-led Hezbollah, noting that the movement offers something far greater than any classification of Sunni and Shi'ite. He is also friends with the Muslim Brotherhood, "despite their dreadful mistakes". - Mahan Abedin (Dec 8, '09)
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Bike Hugger (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Handscreened Your Bike is Freedom tees are now available for purchase in limited quanities — we’re selling what Chris Mahan made at the Hugga Holiday party. Note these tees vary slightly from the handmade process. Each one is unique and...
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Murdoc Online (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... the flames. Cassin slipped from her blocks and rolled against Downes. Both ships were 1500-ton Mahan-class ships and had been commissioned in the mid-30s. Here’s another image, taken from near where the two men in the first photo are standing at the head of the dock. The men on the Downes surveying the damage give a great sense of scale: In Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard...
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State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Jacey Mahan, 24, was arrested Tuesday night.
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Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... of American isolationism. The very term “isolationist” was coined by none other than Alfred Thayer Mahan , an avid American imperialist and adviser to one of America’s most militaristic and vicious presidents, Teddy Roosevelt. The simple fact is that we possess a unique geographic and political position in the international system. We’re surrounded by two big moats and two weak, friendly...
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The Cranky Flier (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... that, among other things, will provide new “direct” flights between Tehran and Caracas thanks to Mahan Air. Mahan does have a 747-400, so I imagine this could actually be flown nonstop. I guess that will help take the pressure of Conviasa so they can carry more local traffic between Caracas and Damascus. I’m sure they’re just bursting at the seams trying to carry everyone right now....
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Short North Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Holiday Season is here! (0) The birth of an event continues… (1) Navigating the Gallery Hop (1) Mahan Gallery / Ric Ocasek: Keeping it real in the Short North (2) Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh