Category Archives: History

A Government Shutdown is Nothing Unusual

Posted on 2018-01-20 by Andreas Moser

Other countries have them all the time, too. Let’s look at when some other countries went through a similar period of limited capacity to act. USA: today Germany: 1945 Russia: 1917 France: 1789 Japan: 1945

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Film Review: “Darkest Hour”

Posted on 2018-01-20 by Andreas Moser

Great, a film about Churchill and about World War II! A movie for which even this student of history can leave the desk for a few hours without a guilty conscience. And off to the cinema I was. There, the first … Continue reading →

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Vrmac – where you get drunk from hiking

Posted on 2018-01-06 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. The only disadvantage about Kotor is its location in a fjord, surrounded by steep mountains, which to cross takes the sun a few cumbersome hours every morning while it already warms people and spirits elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Moving to Montenegro

Posted on 2017-12-05 by Andreas Moser

By now, I have really been staying in Ammerthal, the small village in Bavaria where I grew up, longer than I should have. Rent-free living and a cozy room full of books should actually provide agreeable conditions for a student … Continue reading →

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The Island of the General

Posted on 2017-11-20 by Andreas Moser

In November 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi could have asked for anything. He had begun a campaign with less than a thousand men, but had marched from victory to victory. He had ignited enthusiasm for an idea that had seemed unrealistic until … Continue reading →

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Studying history at University of Hagen

Posted on 2017-10-28 by Andreas Moser

Hier geht es zur deutschen Originalfassung dieses Artikels. Good news: I am a student again! Because I am constantly reading, thinking and writing, I thought that I might as well study once again. After all, I always enjoyed university more … Continue reading →

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Buy more saltpeter!

Posted on 2017-09-21 by Andreas Moser

In the article about Humberstone, I had already shown a few of the placards which I found in the museum there. Most of them were from the first decades of the 20th century. I quite like the graphic design and … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused (64) Civil War Monuments

Posted on 2017-08-20 by Andreas Moser

Bad Civil War monuments: Good Civil War monuments:

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Random Thoughts (16)

Posted on 2017-08-11 by Andreas Moser

Finland has some weird sports competitions.  Each time I return to Europe, rents have doubled. Tweets cannot change laws, regulations or rules. Each time Donald Trump tries to do so, he should be laughed at. Why can’t Microsoft Windows move … Continue reading →

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Humberstone, ghost town in the desert

Posted on 2017-06-16 by Andreas Moser

When you spot a name like Humberstone on a map of South America, the interest is already piqued. As I asked the bus driver to let me get off there, in the middle of the Atacama Desert, he looked at … Continue reading →

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