Tag Archives: war

Instagram 1.0

Posted on 2017-03-29 by Andreas Moser

How our grandmothers got their cool Facebook profile photos. (Warsaw, Poland in 1946.)

Posted in History, Photography, Poland, Technology, World War II | Tagged war, Warsaw | 2 Comments

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Chile, History, Military, Peru, Politics, Travel | Tagged Pacific, sea, Titicaca, war | 24 Comments

War and Peace

Posted on 2016-09-01 by Andreas Moser

In his autobiography My Early Life, which concluded the time before World War I and was published before World War II, Winston Churchill takes this lesson from the Boer Wars: Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Military, Politics, UK | Tagged Churchill, peace, South Africa, war, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

The young Winston Churchill on War

Posted on 2016-07-28 by Andreas Moser

In his autobiography My Early Life, the young Winston Churchill writes about his feelings towards war and conflict. He seems to regard it all as one great adventure. About his time at the Military College in Sandhurst: Here the study was of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Military, UK | Tagged Churchill, war, Winston Churchill | 10 Comments

“Why We Lost” by Daniel Bolger

Posted on 2015-10-04 by Andreas Moser

Maybe a book that promises “a general’s inside account of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and how it all went wrong” had to disappoint, but I didn’t expect it to disappoint so much. Lieutenant General Bolger sounds contrite in the introduction: … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Books, History, Military, Politics, USA | Tagged Iraq, war | 4 Comments

Belgrade and the signs of war

Posted on 2015-09-27 by Andreas Moser

I have this talent to find traces of war wherever I go, but in Belgrade the task is made really easy. First of all, the city’s fortress in Kalemegdan Park houses a military museum. In addition to the permanent display of military hardware, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Military, Photography, Serbia, Travel, World War II | Tagged Belgrade, war | 1 Comment

Peace in Colombia? Just in time!

Posted on 2015-09-25 by Andreas Moser

In January or February 2016, I will be somewhere on the Amazon river, on a boat, sailing upstream, deeper into the jungle. I will be on the way to one of the many tributary rivers of the Amazon, and chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Military, Peru, Politics, Travel | Tagged FARC, war | 12 Comments

War is like Coke

Posted on 2013-08-29 by Andreas Moser

Nowadays, if you want to drink a Coke, you can choose among at least 17 different flavours: cherry, lemon, vanilla, with or without caffeine, with or without sugar, and now even a Coke with your own name. In the good … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Politics | Tagged Health, war, war light | 9 Comments

North Korea’s Military Strategy

Posted on 2013-03-30 by Andreas Moser

I have studied a great many wars, but I am not aware of an example where the aggressor state revealed its detailed step-by-step strategy in advance. In public. In a colourful video. North Korea has the courtesy to do so and lays … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Military, North Korea, Politics, USA | Tagged Hollywood, Korea, movies, war | 3 Comments

I discovered the 12,000 US troops on Malta.

Posted on 2012-01-18 by Andreas Moser

Yesterday I reported about the claim by former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney that 12,000 US troops are stationed on Malta, ready to invade Libya. I dismissed it as a ridiculous speculation by someone who probably did not know where Malta … Continue reading →

Posted in Libya, Malta, Military, Photography, Politics, USA | Tagged Cynthia McKinney, news, war | 37 Comments