Two books by WW II German officers that are well worth the read: 1) A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942 Gritty, gruesome and the best thing…
Source: Mark Collins – The Wehrmacht, the Eastern Front, Hitler and the General Staff
Compare our effort with others’, listing starts at p. 10 PDF at link below–at Foreign Policy’s “Situation Report”: … Crib sheet. Here’s a very handy little repor…
Source: Mark Collins – Who’s Doing What in Anti-ISIS Coalition?
Further to these posts: US SecDef Carter in India Pushing Military Cooperation (note link at last para–tous azimuts) Indian PM Modi in Washington–Goes for Defence Cooperation the SecDef and t…
Source: Mark Collins – Eagle’s India Full Court Press (unhappy Paks)
Further to these posts, Up-Sucking to the Dragon While Beijing Tries to Devour Canada, Part 2 NY Times Notices: Dragon Devouring Canadian Chinese Media a Globe and Mail cartoon is worth a thousand …
Source: Mark Collins – The Definitive Dragon Trying to Devour Canada Post
Further to this post and “Comments”, UN Peace Support Operations: Canada’s Back! (into Africa and…) the conclusion of a Globe and Mail editorial: … “Canada is back,” the governmen…
Source: Mark Collins – “The end of peacekeeping, and what comes next for Canada’s soldiers”
Further to 2) at this post before the Dhaka massacre, Islamist Butchery in Bangladesh–With a Canadian ISIS Connection more background on the local ISIS leader, a Canadian, just killed in Bangladesh…
Source: Mark Collins – A Canadian, ISIS, Bangladesh and Terror…and Earlier Calgary
At Vanguard magazine, with a link to Part 1–interesting (curious?) that there is no specific mention of either NATO or NORAD. Mark Collins, a prolific Ottawa blogger, is a Fellow at the Canad…
Source: Mark Collins – “Part 2: Interview with Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of [Canadian] defence staff”
Further to these posts, The Dragon’s Grasp on Canadian Chinese-Language Press… The Dragon vs the Press: Covert (Canada); Overt (Hong Kong) The Dragon’s Squelching Foreign Criticism, Kowtow Se…
Source: Mark Collins – NY Times Notices: Dragon Devouring Canadian Chinese Media
Further to this post, Yes, Canadian Forces into Africa: Where, When, How Many? Really Peacekeeping? we now know numbers (including police) and money but not yet where or when. It is clear that Afri…
Source: Mark Collins – UN Peace Support Operations: Canada’s Back! (into Africa and…)
An e-mail received from SecDev: The Canadian International Council (CIC [website here]) National Capital Branch, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS [see end of the po…
Source: Mark Collins – Talk at Ottawa, Sept. 13: “China’s Rising Cyber Power: Assessing the Implications”
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