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My blog posts revolve around my interests and vocation as a historian: the intersection of history and contemporary church life, the intersection of history and contemporary politics, serendipitous discoveries in archives or on research trips, publications and research projects, upcoming conferences, and speaking engagements.
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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aimee_Semple_McPherson-AngelusTemple_Sermon_1923_01.jpg One of the enjoyable aspects of archival research is the possibility of serendipitous discoveries – such as the account of T.T. Shields covertly attending an Aimee Semple McPherson service.
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 As the above and below advertisements from the War in the Falklands (1982) indicate, wartime is considered by some to be an ideal time to test the usefulness of old weapon systems and try out new ones. It is also a chance for companies to gain market share in the lucrative billion-dollar global arms trade.
And that is what is now taking place in the war between Russia and Ukraine.  For details on this issue of Collier's, see https://lithub.com/new-york-city-the-perfect-setting-for-a-fictional-cold-war-strike/ There are many things to consider when building highways in and out of our cities today. But one thing probably none of us have considered since the end of the Cold War is the need for citizens to get out of urban centres rapidly before they are incinerated in a nuclear attack.
But that was in the mind of US President Eisenhower in the nerve-wracking Cold War days of the 1950s. |
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