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View ArticleBy: Paddy Boylan
Max You have outdone yourself – I never knew all this interesting history. Here I am doing research on Alexander the ‘Great’ and Petraeus one of his Companions and the Devourer Dogs of Bactria – and...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
Thanks very much Paddy, I really enjoyed preparing this piece, the comment is much appreciated.
View ArticleBy: Jérémy
An enlightening piece of substantial scholarship. It was about time that someone got the record straight on this one. And I, for one, truly appreciate the finely textured historical account, informed...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
Thanks Jérémy. If you have time, follow that link to Small Wars Journal, and get ready for a shock. That was BS that I didn’t need to fabricate or fictionalize. That anyone signed their name to a paper...
View ArticleBy: Jérémy
Yes, I did check that on first lecture. Shameful and ridiculous indeed. I love how they manage to get a first non sequitur in the very first sentence of their text. The whole abstract is very close to...
View ArticleBy: Arthur
Fantastic satire on the ignoramuses who published that article about the chaotic cannibals in Afghanistan. Max, you should apply for a job with HTS and submit this piece as a writing sample.
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
Thanks Arthur :D — the problem might be that they take it too literally, because “sophisticated readings” from them are something I am generally not seeing. Incidentally, they might want to tell Nancy...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
Almost forgot this: at the same time that SWJ is producing papers such as the one about the <a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2010/10/afghanistan-the-deevolution-of/" target="_blank"...
View ArticleBy: Marc Tyrrell
Hi Max, Just a minor clarification: SWJ did not "produce" that paper, they published it. SWJ's publishing policy includes concepts of "timeliness". Regardless of what the editorial team may think about...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
You’re right, I should have said either presenting or publishing, which I sometimes accidentally use interchangeably with producing, which is a mistake in this case. Many thanks.
View ArticleBy: Eric Farder
Oh shit. Now I think I just made a fool of myself on my History of Anthropology midterm essay. I was up late last night smoking a little bud and cramming for today’s midterm when my roommate showed me...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
LOL!!! Put your professor in touch with me if you get a failing grade, and I will explain (minus references to bud) why if he/she reads it properly, you should be getting an A+. That, plus a tray of...
View ArticleBy: Maximilian Forte
Well, that was prescient of me, my bit about donating roller blades to Afghans...now see "the real news": <a...
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