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On the topic of the clearly deranged ex-reporter who shot three people in Roanoke, Virginia:

Were the victims, Jews, foreigners, atheists or all round heretics?

In my opinion a person who is religious and moral is moral despite their religion.

Nah, the sheep need to be told how to think....

WTF?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/21/noam-chomsky-richard-nixon_n_4832847.html

Game. Set. Match. Chardy.

That is what you can do with your stupid snideness.

Oh he nailed you Chardman. Where's your bender JPEG now bitch? That's the huff post. Liberals must accept that shameless content generator as gospel news.

End thread.

By today's standards, sure, but then again, by today's standards, even Reagan was pretty Liberal. By the standards of his own era, however, Nixon not only wasn't Liberal, but was anti-Liberal in the extreme, equated Liberals with Communists, called them "Pinkos", and had, just a decade earlier, investigated liberal organizations for UnAmerican Activity, alongside his buddy Joe McCarthy.

Game, set, and match? Not even done warmin' up, Loser.

That is what you can do with your snide stupidness.

Right here, bitch. And the notion that he nailed me is deserving of it:

Er, no, but thanks for sharing your delusions with the rest of us.

Not.

So you're ignoring what a LIBERAL philosopher says about Nixon being a LIBERAL on a LIBERAL website?

And who gives a damn what Nixon did a DECADE (your point) earlier? We're talking about what he did as president on the domestic front.

You fucking dumb shit. You can't even admit when you've been had. Dayton just raped you in the ass.

In your fucking ass!

Where's your stupid cartoon for that bitch? Still googling? Try searching for raped up the ass. By Dayton! You stupid cunt.

Fuck you.

And yet you expect me to accept that Nixon was a liberal, based on what he did 40 odd years ago, when judged by today's standards, rather than the standards of his own? I'm pretty sure Chomski is sing Nixon's seemly Liberal side to illustrate just how far to the right the Right has shifted. So far, that an staunchly anti-Liberal politico like Nixon now seems truly Liberal by comparison. But if Nixon was actually a Liberal, then Ronald Reagan was a full fledged card-carrying member of the Communist Party, 'cause he was way left of Tricky Dickie.

Post a link from an unbiased source. And before you provide material for this thread....

Plenty of proof why you are required to do so.

In what way. Note, lets restrict this to domestic policies as the assertions about Nixon were strictly about his domestic policies.

If I Were President

The platform I would run on and what I would seek to do.


1) Cut the U.S. federal budget deficit by 50% each year. (this assumes the annual

U.S. deficit is running at about one trillion dollars a year when I take office).

1st Year -250 billion dollars in budget cuts, 250 billion dollars in new revenue

Mainly through economic growth (see #6)

2nd Year-125 billion in budget cuts, 125 billion dollars in new revenue


Cut federal education spending, agricultural subsidies, targeted, not general infrastructure spending, all “corporate welfare”, lifetime limits on welfare benefits and federal unemployment benefits. Steadily raise eligibility ages for retirement programs. Freeze federal civil servant hiring.


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2) Cut the number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. each year by 50% before

I leave office.

Enforce existing immigration laws. Build better border security. Help

Mexican economy especially in the border regions. Work with employers in

Labor intensive industries to introduce more mechanization.


3) Cut the number of elective abortions performed in the U.S. each year by 50% before

I leave office.

Give states incentives to lower number of abortions locally by whatever means they are able to implement- Use media to marginalize and stigmatize abortion

Impose tough (but politically reasonable) regulations on when, where and how abortions are conducted, Streamline federal adoption regulations dramatically.


4) Grow the U.S. economy by 50% before I leave office. (5.2% a year). (MOST vital)

Freeze and rollback of regulations (except for emergencies)

Vast tax code broadening and simplification-including Social Security

Government/industry partnership on things like refinery building & nuclear power plant construction

Emphasize a strong dollar-possibly higher interest rates.

Push free trade in targeted areas using reciprocal trade agreements.

Strong federal investment into research & development

Heavily promote trade with African nations.

Promote dramatic growth in domestic fossil fuels production


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5) Increase Americans purchasing power by 36% before I leave office. (4% a year)

Mainly by holding down increases in prices of health care and education

Make gasoline less subject to extreme price fluctuations by 12.5 cent federal

Tax increase annually


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6) Commit the U.S. to 4% for Freedom- Defense spending at a minimum of 4% of GDP.

Maintain 12 U.S. Army divisions & 4 armored cavalry regiments, 12 Carrier Battle Groups. 400 naval vessels,165 heavy bombers, 1,800 nuclear weapons

2,000 USAF combat aircraft available, 4,000 ABMs, make a serious commitment to U.S. civil defense against both attacks & natural disasters. Including Comprehensive protection against EMP attacks & CME events


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7) Commit the U.S. to launching 4 manned space missions and 1 unmanned exploratory

mission each year.

Manned would include four manned missions to Mars, eight manned

Lunar missions, & two manned missions to asteroids. Remainder (18) would be long duration (120-180 day) orbital missions. Unmanned includes

1) Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, 2) Neptune Orbiter, 3) Horizons II (Uranus),

4) Thousand Astronomical Unit (TAU) with Pluto orbiter aboard, 5) Solar Sample Return, 6) Venus Multi Site Lander/Sample Return, 7) Mercury Rover, 8) Titan Orbiter/Rover. Also develop nuclear propulsion systems.


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8) Cut the number of U.S. Cabinet level departments by 25%

Eliminate 1) Homeland Security 2) Veterans Affairs 3) Education 4) Energy

5) Agriculture 6) Commerce 7) Labor 8) Interior

Why do you hate veterans?

Proposed Star Trek Episode Descriptions


These episode suggestions are for a series in the post Nemesis original time line set aboard a future starship Enterprise beginning about the years 2413-15 give or take.


The episodes do not have individual titles currently but I tried to keep them in rough order. These suggested episodes are spread over the 7-8 year run of a possible series.



1) Series premier-two hour-A Starfleet task force rescues Admiral Carson Tower after 2 years if imprisonment by the Dominion-Tower later accepts a demotion in rank to command the Enterprise.

2) The Enterprise crew is called in to evacuate a heavily populated habitat and contain a ravenous nanotech cloud.

3) The Enterprise is sent to destroy or divert a huge asteroid threatening a Federation world. A mission that is complicated when the asteroid turns out to be a giant, intelligent life form.

4) To prove that the Federation is worthy to join, an advanced race puts the ship and crew through a series of highly dangerous tests.

5) Townsend tries to help a friend complete their research before their time on Enterprise ends. Meanwhile, Tower's insomnia drives the 3rd shift bridge crew crazy.

6) Goldstein is part of a test of a temporal probe that accidentally connects his mind to that of Captain Jean Luc Picard 50 years earlier. Marsden learns a secret about his family.

7) When Tower falls into a coma after a relatively mild fall, the main computer stops accepting orders from the crew.

8) An experimental super weapon installed aboard the Enterprise seems to break down the nature of reality.

9) The Enterprise is assigned to a massive fleet assembled to deal with a large scale incursion by the Borg. But the fleets command structure is riven with dissension and infighting.

10) As Commander Goldstein struggles to repair a crippled Enterprise, Tower and Townsend face mortal danger on the frontier.

11) Doctor Stafford suffers a paralyzing crisis of confidence when he freezes in a dangerous situation. He turns to Marsden for help.

12) The Enterprise crew races an assorted group of Klingons Cardassians and others to secure a massive fleet of Husnock warships left drifting when their race was destroyed 50 years ago.

13) When the Romulan home world falls, Tower is afflicted by debilitating nightmares.

14) Goldstein, Townsend, and Marsden are temporarily reassigned to an experimental Starfleet ship. Tower struggles to deal with their replacements.

15) A new powerful race, fascinated by the Koboyashi Maru scenario subject Captain Tower to recreations of five historical no win situations. Starting with Wolf-359

16) Stafford is chosen to sit on a courtmartial board in a high profile case. A case that proves troubling to Stafford.

17) When the crew is assigned a mission for which the Enterprise is ill suited, Tower must seek the help of a long time bitter rival. Captain Malcolm Fraser of the U.S.S. Discovery.

18) When Enterprise serves as the site for a vital summit meeting, security consultants challenge Tower's authority.

19) Townsend and Marsden are invited to join an expedition to be the first to climb the tallest mountain in the known galaxy.

20) A series of attempts on the life of Captain Tower puzzles the crew and irritates the Captain.

21) The promise of an incredible energy source appears when the Enterprise crew discovers a planet composed entirely of antimatter.

22) The Enterprise crew encounters a legendary, supremely dangerous Borg tactical cube known as Leviathan.

23) Townsend and Marsdens birthday gift to Captain Tower exposes an unknown mission by a starship 150 years ago.

24) A planet's government challenges the Enterprise crew to a game of football against their planets all stars for the right to install a surveillance post in their solar system.

25) Stafford and Marsden transport supplies to the Romulan resistance while Tower instigates a possible sighting of Leviathan.

26) Leviathan and its escorts ambush and cripple the Enterprise leaving Tower, Goldstein, Townsend, and Marsden badly injured and an overwhelmed Stafford in command.

27) Captain Tower rehabs from his injuries and battle stress by working on the farm of a retired officer.

28) A Federation News Service team with a free hand and an axe to grind is assigned to the Enterprise as the crew faces critical performance reviews.

29) The Enterprise crew must rescue a research team trapped within a Thorne-Zytkow star.

30) A powerful predatory race agrees to only negotiate with Captain Tower but the request is a ploy in a complicated quest to gain access to the Enterprise’s weapons.

31) Enterprise’s very existence is threatened when a specialized life form meant to assist in terraforming escapes from its containment vessel.

32) After more than a year, the Enterprise crew finally tracks down Leviathan and forces it to stand and fight.

33) While the crew enjoys its first real shore leave in ages, Captain Tower is forced to partner with Captain Malcolm Fraser in the Starbase 81 18 Hole Paired Scramble.

34) Weeks after the Enterprise’s two escort ships are destroyed with loss of all hands the crew must sober up and clean up a derelict Captain Tower in order to save his career.

35) The crew is thrown into an intense struggle between two factions above and below the surface of a mega Earth.

36) The Borg began massing a fleet for their final attack on Earth. Starfleet assigns Tower to lead the defense of the planet.

37) Starfleet rebuilds and Earth cleans up after the Borg attack. Captain Tower’s wife leaves him for the final time.

38) With Enterprise preparing to depart, Tower visits his family on Mars for the first time in years. His father makes him a highly attractive offer.

39) As a repaired and upgraded Enterprise departs Earth, sabotage by a religious extremist causes major damage. One of Goldsteins ex wives is called in to repair the damage.

40) Tower and Goldstein testify before the Federation Council when Starfleet contemplates mothballing the Enterprise and her sister vessels as a cost cutting move.

41) In exchange for rest of the crew being exonerated, Captain Tower agrees to plead guilty to disobeying orders and is sent to prison.

42) Tower faces danger in prison when inmates who are former Starfleet officers seek revenge. Meanwhile, greater danger looms when a Borg headhunter unit targets the prison.

43) Section 31 secretly and temporarily breaks Tower out of prison so he can search for the missing Enterprise

44) The new Enterprise captain Crawford Gregory plots with a legendary smuggler and pirate to free Tower from prison for good, not knowing that the man is a mortal enemy of Tower

45) Tower’s rank and position are restored when a Borg headhunter unit kills more than 1,000 of Starfleets top officers.

46) Years in the future, Captain’s Tower, Goldstein, Gregory, Frasier, and Marsden take a hunting trip deep into Vulcan’s Forge.

Wow... you're an idiot. Dayton didn't accomplish jack shit, except misunderstand an opinion piece illustrating just how much more extreme Conservatism has become since the Nixon era. No one, in Nixon's time, thought Nixon was even a little Liberal, save in his attitude toward civil rights, and most thought that wasn't heartfelt, but feigned for political advantage.

What... you don't want your Star Trek anymore?

Albert Speer


Different shift patterns and more shifts so that instead of one shift per day they worked two and sometimes three shifts. He also streamlined production allowing factories to specialize in production for certain items. Consumer goods were still being produced at nearly as high a level as during peacetime and Speer focused on production for the war effort which took precedence. He also centralized production under his control so that he was aware of what was being produced and where to ensure that production kept pace with demand. More controversially he employed slave labor often under brutal conditions, there has been much discussion about what he knew and authorized and the suggeston is that while he knew that slave labor was used that he did his best to improve working and living conditions but also ultimately the need to produce armaments and finish earthworks trumped other considerations.

In terms of management he put experts rather than civil servants in charge of the factories and ensured that young people were managing these plants - no one older than 55 was allowed to manage the factories or departments and the deputies had to be no older than 40. The intention was to get younger thinking people in who were less hidebound by routine and inefficient production methods.

The result was that despite a massive and very disruptive bombing campaign that production increased by staggering levels. Production of tanks more than doubled in 1943, production of planes increased by 80 percent, and production time for Kriegsmarine's submarines was reduced from one year to two months. Production would continue to increase until the second half of 1944, by which time enough equipment to supply 270 army divisions was being produced—although the Wehrmacht had only 150 divisions in the field



Hitler gave Reichmarschal Göring enormous economic powers. Göring in the run up to the War increased weapons production, but primarily by increasing allocations. He did not make any major changes to prepare for a long war of attrition. And Hitler in the glow of the great victories in the West began to dismantle important weapons programs. This changed when Barbarossa failed to destroy the Red Army and the Wehrmacht not only found itself mired in a long life-and-death struggle in the East, but Hitler added the United States with its huge industrial power to Germany's expanding list of unconquered adversaries. Hitler as the War began to go against Germany realized that major steps were needed to increase arms production. He turned to Albert Speer, making him, Minister of Armaments (1942) and subsequently gave him authority to fundamentally rationalize the German war economy (1943). Speer became with his appointment as Armaments Minister, the single most important figure in the NAZI war effot. He proceeded to make administrative changes that greatly increased th efficiency of the German war economy. Had these exchanges been made earlier, Germany may well have succeeded in the East. As it was, the exchanges kept German field armies supplied during the second half of the War. Germany had a smaller resource and industrial base than all the contries the Führer decided to make war against. Having taken on the Soviet Union and America while still at war with Britain, there was no way that Germany could match the material output of its adversaries. Not only did Germany face an Allied coaltion with geater capabilities, but Germany's more limited industrial capacity was being poorly used. Speer did make needed changes that allowed Germany to increase production and maintain it untill late-1944 despite battlefield defeats and the massive Allied strategic bombing campaign. Speer had enormous power, but of course was subordinate to the Führer. NAZI Gaulitiers would go around him to get authorization from Hitler for pet projects. And Hitler did not share Speer's views on labor policy. Speer backed the the appointment of Karl Hanke, as a labor director. Hanke was apparently willing to expand the use of German labor with policies like increasing the use of women in the work force. Hitler influence by Martin Bormann who often opposed Speer, decided on Fritz Sauckel. Sauckel rejected the widespread use of German women and rather turned to forced and slave labor from the occupied East. Brutal methods were used to seize them because few volunteered and their working conditions were often even more harrowing, Speer kept production going in the face of spiraling German reverses and the Allied strategic bombing. By this time Speer became Armaments Minister, German production was increasingly dependent on forced and slave-labor. This meant that Speer became personally involved with slave labor, the extent of his involvement he managed to hide after the War at the Nuremberg IMT Trials. Many World War II experts credit him for keeping Germany in the War for 1-2 years longer than would have otherwise have been possible. This meant as a result, the death of hundreds of thousands, probably more than a million people and widespread destruction of Germany and occupied countries. Ironically, Speer had a more significant impact on the War than the more ideolically committed top NAZIs. As far as I know, he was not involved in the Holocaust. It is unclear how much he knew, but in his memoirs he made it clear that he chose not to know. [Speer, p. ] His arrest and trial as a war criminal relates to the heavy use of slave labor brutalized by the NAZI state, especially the SS, to keep the German war machine going. the death of hundreds of thousands, probably more than a million people and widespread destruction of Germany and occupied countries. Ironically, Speer had a more significant impact on the War than the more ideolically committed top NAZIs. As far as I know, he was not involved in the Holocaust. It is unclear how much he knew, but in his memoirs he made it clear that he chose not to know. [Speer, p. ] His arrest and trial as a war criminal relates to the heavy use of slave labor brutalized by the NAZI state, especially the SS, to keep the German war machine going.

Göring Four Year Plan (1936-40)

Hitler gave Reichmarschal Göring enormous economic powers. Hitler had been following developments in the Sioviet Union, at least what was being reported in the press. Stalin launched the first Soviet Five Year Plan (1928). The subsequent Ukranian Famine engineed by Stalin was all a part of Stalin's effort to exert the absolute power of the Soviet state and Communist Party over all elements of economic life. Soviet state media reported impressive industrial gains, but did not report either the millions who starved in the countryside or the efficencies locked into the industrialm gaions by cebntral state comtrol and planning. Hitler decided he wanted the same effort in Germany as he prepared the Reich for war. He ordered a similar scheme in Germany, in this case a Four Year Plan (1936). He gave control of the effort to Reichmarshall Herman Göring with orders to transform the peacetime German economy into a war-winning industrial machine. In picking Göring he was chosing a politically reliable associate, but one who knew who knew nothing about economics or in fact cared little about it beyond an interest in enriching himself. This essentially to a large start determined the result of the Four Year Plan. Göring in the run up to the War increased weapons production, but primarily by increasing allocations. He did not make any major changes to prepare for a long war of attrition and there was not suposed to be one. Germany lost World War I because the French 'Miracle on the Marne' turned what looked like a quick German victory into a war of attrition. Geramny with its poor access to raw materuials and large , but inadequate industrial base was in no position to win a long-portracted. This had been the case since the earliest days of the Prussian Kingdom which began to train a large standing army in hopes of gaining decisive victories in the early stage of conflicts. Prussia had been a poor state without an important industrial base. The Germany that Hitler seized control of was a major industrial power.

NAZI Armaments Policies

And Hitler in the glow of the great victories in the West began to dismantle important weapons programs. The jet program was cut back because Hitler did not believe it could produce effective aircraft in time for the decisive battles of the War, Hitler and the Germans, including many in the West assumed the fall of France (June 1940) meant that the Germans had won the War. Many believed that Britain would be forced to capitualate as well. The significance of the British victory in the Battle of Britain (July-September 1940) was not fully preceived by the Germans. And the stupendous German victories at the onset of Barbarossa (June 1941) seemed to confirm the belief that the Germans had won the War.

Failure of Barbarossa

Hitler's outlook on armaments changed with the failure of Barbarossa (December 1941). Not only did the Whermaht fail to destroy the Red Army, but in the Red Army counter-offenmsive before Moscow, the Wehermach lost large numbers of maen and enormous quantities of equipment and supplies. And the Whermacht found itself not only mired in a long life-and-death struggle in the East, but Hitler added the United States with its huge industrial power to Germany's expanding list of unconquered adversaries.

Appointment of Speer (1942)

Hitler as the War began to go against Germany realised that major steps were needed to increase arms production. He turned to Albert Speerr, making him, Minister of Armaments (February 1942) and subsequently gave him authority to fundamentally rationalize the German war economy. Speer became with his appointment as Armaments Minister, the single most important figure in the NAZI war effot. He proceeded to make administrative changes that greatly increased thefficency of the German war economy. Had these cahanges been made earlier, Germany may well have succeeded in the East. As it was, the changes kept German field armies supplied during the second half of the War. Germany had a smaller resorceand industrial base than all the contries the Führer decided to make war against. Having taken on the Soviet Union and America while still at war with Britain, there was no way that Germany could match the material output of its adversaries. Not only did Germany face an Allied coaltion with geater capabilities, but Germany's more limited industrial capacity was being poorly used. Speer did make needed changes that allowed Germany to increase production and maintain it untill late-1944 despite battlefield defeats and the massive Allied strategic bombing campaign. Speer had enormous power, but of course was subbordinate to the Führer. NAZI Gaulitiers would go around him to get authorization from Hitler for pet projects. And Hitler did not share Speer's views on labor policy. Speer backed the the appointment of Karl Hanke, Gauleiter of Lower Silesia, as a labor director. Hanke was apparently willing to expand the use of German labor with policies like increasing the use of women in the work force. Hitler influence by Martin Bormann who often opposed Speer, decude on Fritz Sauckel. Sauckel rejected the widespread use of German women and rather turned to forced and slkave labior from the occupied East. Brutak methods were used to seize them because few volunteered and their working condituins wee often even more harrowing, Speer kept production going in the face of spiraling German reverses and the Allied strategic bombing. By this time Speer became Armaments Minister, German production was increasingly dependent on forced and slave-labor. This meant that Speer became personally involved with slave labor, the extent of his involvement he managed to hide after the War at the Nuremberg IMT Trials. Many World War II experts credit him for keeping Germany in the War for 1-2 years longer than would have otherwise have been possible. This meant as a result, the death of hundreds of thousands, probably more than a million people and widespread destruction of Germany and occupied countries. Ironically, Speer had a more significant impact on the War than the more ideolically committed top NAZIs.

The Holocaust

Speer was not an anti-Semite. That of course did not mean that he could not have been part of the Holocaust. Many career-minded Germans saw that there were definite career advantages to participating in the NAZI campaign against the Jews. As far as we know, however, he was not directly involved in the Holocaust. It is unclear how much he knew, but in his memoirs he made it clear that he chose not to know. He had Jewish friends before Hitler took power, as Many Germans did. We do not know if he took any steps to aid them after Hitler took power.

Nuremberg IMT Trials

Speer's arrest and trial as a war criminal relates to the heavy use of slave labor brutalized by the NAZI state, especially the SS, to keep the German war machine going. the death of hundreds of thousands, probably more than a million people and widespread destruction of Germany and occupied countries. Ironically, Speer had a more significant impact on the War than the more ideologically committed top NAZIs. As far as I know, he was not involved in the Holocaust. It is unclear how much he knew, but in his memoirs he made it clear that he chose not to know. His arrest and trial as a war criminal relates to the heavy use of slave labor brutalized by the NAZI state, especially the SS, to keep the German war machine going.

Sources

Speer, Albert.Inside the Third Reich(Avon, New York, 1970), 734p.

Never mind... that sounds like a delightful episode.

We get it.

The Cold War


The Cold War was the more than forty year long contest and confrontation between the United States and its allies (mainly in Europe but also Japan, South Korea, and Australia) and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) and the nations it controlled (mainly in eastern Europe). During the Cold War the goal of the Soviet Union was to spread their power and influence around the world while the goal of the United States and its allies was to prevent this. The war was called a “cold war” because all out combat never broke out between the U.S. and Soviet Union directly.

Although the U.S. and Soviet Union avoided all out combat directly with each other there were a number of violent confrontations between the countries that were largely kept secret. In 1950, during the opening days of the Korean War, the U.S. probably sank a Soviet submarine that ventured too close to a U.S. aircraft carrier. The submarine was subjected to a massive depth charge attack and no evidence was found that it had managed to escape. Throughout the Cold War, the Soviets shot down a number of U.S. or allied aircraft that violated or came too close to its airspace. Between 200-300 U.S. and allied airmen died in these missions. The most well known shootdown of an allied aircraft though was in 1983 when the Soviets shot down Korean Air Lines flight 007 and killed all 269 people aboard including dozens of Americans and a U.S. congressman (Larry McDonald from Georgia). There were also a number of hostile encounters between U.S. and Soviet submarines over the years that remain officially secret to this day.

While not an “all out” or “hot war”, the Cold War was still violent and bloody. It is estimated the U.S. lost 150-200,000 during the Cold War including about 92,000 in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Soviet Union lost 100-250,000 (figures are difficult to accurately determine). This included officially 15,000 fighting in Afghanistan (possibly as many as 40-50,000 killed) but the vast majority were from deaths involved in maintaining their oversized military. The majority of the people who died in the Cold War were from other nations. The deaths of around 20 million people in China can be directly attributed to their communist government. Likewise the deaths of millions in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Central America and sub-Saharan Africa can be attributed to the Cold War. In total, anywhere from 40-50 million people probably died as a direct result of the Cold War’s forty plus years.

The exact dates of the Cold War are difficult to determine. Some date the Cold War as beginning with the Berlin Blockade and Airlift in 1947 and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This allows the beginning and ending of the war to be nicely bracketed by the events in Berlin. Others date the Cold War from 1945 and a dispute with the Soviet Union over Turkey to the official dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Thus, the Cold War may be considered to have lasted anywhere from 42 to 46 years.

In the aftermath of World War II, Germany was divided into four different zones by the winning allies. The Soviet Union had the largest zone due to their suffering the heaviest losses against the Germans and seizing control of Berlin. The United States, Great Britain (United Kingdom) and France had smaller zones in the west. The German capital Berlin was also divided into four zones in a similar manner. Austria was divided into four zones after World War II but no one really cared much.

Within a couple of years after the end of World War Two, the U.S., British, and French decided to allow their zones of Germany to reunite but the Soviets refused to give up control of their zone. The U.S. British, and French zones became West Germany (and their zones of Berlin became West Berlin) with the city of Bonn in West Germany as the new capital city. The Soviet zone became East Germany with their zone in Berlin (East Berlin) becoming the capital city.

Ultimately, the Soviets forced the nations of East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania to form communist governments controlled by Moscow. Communist dictatorships were also created in Yugoslavia and Albania though these nations managed to stay free of Soviet control. Yugoslavia stayed neutral while Albania allied with Communist China after China’s falling out with the Soviet Union.

On the subject of terms, there are a number of different ways to refer to the Soviet Union. Officially in English, it was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) but was often just called the “Soviet Union”. Its initials in the Russian language were the “C.C.C.P.”, and often it was simply referred to as “Communist Russia” or simply “Russia”.

The division of Europe between Communist nations and relatively free nations was called the “Iron Curtain”. Some later referred to the similar divisions in Asia (mainly China/Taiwan, North Korea/South Korea, & North Vietnam/South Vietnam) as the “Bamboo Curtain” but the term never was popular and fell into disuse.

The conduct of the Cold War and why it never became an all out war was mainly in part due to the possibilities of nuclear weapons being used. After the Soviet Union developed their first nuclear device in 1949, it became very unlikely that the U.S. would ever try to fight the Soviets directly, as the successful detonation of just four or five nuclear weapons in U.S. cities would kill more Americans than had died in all U.S. wars combined. The Soviets avoided directly attacking the U.S. for similar reasons. Ultimately, both sides built tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.

While neither side in the Cold War ever used nuclear weapons in combat (and since their use in World War Two, no nuclear weapons have been used at all), more than 2,000 nuclear weapons were tested above ground, underground, in the ocean and under water on every continent except South America and Antarctica (as far as we know). Some of these nuclear tests (especially in the Soviet Union) killed thousands of people due to exposure to radiation. So though nuclear weapons were never used in combat, they still caused the deaths of thousands as when the Soviets marched thousands of soldiers to their deaths in the aftermath of an above ground nuclear test.


The Cold War is divided into a number of different theatres just as world wars were divided. They include:

European Theatre

The European theatre basically included all of Europe, the North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the U.S. and Canada (the U.S. and Canada the only nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “NATO” not actually in Europe). Only about 90,000 people died in the European theatre during the Cold War despite the borders between NATO and Soviet controlled nations being the most heavily armed places in the world for forty years.

Asian Theatre

The Asian theatre included the Pacific Ocean, China and the nations that border it plus Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Due to the large populations of nations involved such as China, more people died (at least 35 million). During the Cold War in the Asian theatre than all the other theatres combined.

Middle Eastern Theatre

The Middle Eastern theatre included Africa north of the Sahara desert through Israel and its neighbors and the nations surrounding the Persian Gulf. Few people were killed in the Middle Eastern theatre attributable to the Cold War, probably less than 20-25,000. But the wars between Israel and its neighbors were short, intense and an excellent testing ground for U.S. weapons and tactics (used by Israel) against Soviet weapons and tactics (used by Egypt & Syria).

Third World Theatre

This theatre included the nations of Central America and sub Saharan Africa where both the U.S. and Soviet Union supported different factions in various nations. The death toll attributable to the Cold War in these areas was from 5-8 million.


First Phase 1948-1964

The first phase of the Cold War was concentrated most heavily in the European and Asian theatres. The Middle Eastern and Third World theatres were not major factors early on. The U.S. fear of communists was at its greatest level during this period though the U.S. and its allies enjoyed overwhelming military superiority for most of this time. The largest military operation during the first phase was the Korean War. Though later referred to as the “forgotten war”, the Korean War was basically a “miniature world war” with more than 20 nations involved and the largest such as the U.S. (33,000 soldiers killed), China (300,000 soldiers killed), and the Soviet Union (unknown number killed, probably a few hundred) involved in intense fighting. This was also the first large scale conflict that began after nuclear weapons were developed.


First Phase Timeline

· 1948: June 24 -- Berlin Blockade begins

· 1949: July U.S., Canada & European allies form NATO to resist Soviet aggression

· 1949: May 12 -- Berlin Blockade ends -101 people killed during blockade

· 1949: Sept.-- Mao Zedong, a Communist, takes control of China

· 1949: Sept. -- Soviets explode first atomic bomb

· 1950: June -- Korean War begins- China joins the war near end of 1950 The Korean War kills more than 3 million people including 33,000 Americans

· 1952 Eisenhower elected president, in 1953 he threatens Chinese with nuclear weapons unless they agree to end Korean War

· 1953 Soviet dictator Stalin dies peacefully of natural causes after being poisoned, after a 2 year power struggle, Nikita Khrushchev emerges as Soviet leader in 1955

· 1953: July Korean War cease fire, war has never officially ended

· 1954: July -- Vietnam split at 17th parallel

· 1955: May -- Warsaw Pact formed

· 1956: Oct.-Nov. Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary. 30,000 Hungarians killed by Soviet troops

· 1957: Oct. 4 -- Sputnik launched into orbit, space race begins

· 1958-1961 Chinese communist govt. causes a famine in that country that kills 20 million people

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· 1959: Jan. Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

· 1960: U.S. U-2 spy plane shot down by Soviet Union. Pilot Gary Powers captured by the Soviets

· 1960: Nov. John F. Kennedy elected President

· 1961: April -- Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba supported by the U.S. fails. 176 Cubans & 118 freedom fighters killed.

· 1961: Aug17 -- Construction of Berlin Wall begins. 136-200+ killed between 1961-1989 crossing over the wall

· 1962: Oct.-- Cuban Missile Crisis-closest to nuclear war ever

· 1963: Nov. -- President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas

· 1964: Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

· 1964- Gulf of Tonkin Incident & Resolution-U.S. president Lyndon Johnson given authority to wage war against North Vietnam


Communist Political Leaders during the first phase

Joseph Stalin- leader of the Soviet Union- one of the three most monstrous, murderous dictators in world history


Nikita Khrushchev -leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death. Nearly caused a nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis


Mao Zedong- leader of Communist China- one of the three most

Monstrous, murderous dictators in world history


Fidel Castro- leader of Communist Cuba as of 2014, still alive

Kim Il-Sung- leader of Communist North Korea


Communist Military Leaders during the first phase

Marshal Ivan Konev- Soviet Warsaw Pact commander- led the crushing of the rebellion in Hungary.


Admiral Sergey Gorshkov- commander of the Soviet Navy- later built a very large, expensive, but somewhat ineffective Soviet Navy.


Marshal Lin Biao- Chinese communist army commander, key to communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, organized Chinese intervention in the Korean War support for North Vietnam


General Vo Giap- North Vietnamese communist general who was key to the communist running France (and later the United States ) out of Vietnam .


General Issa Pliyev Commander of Soviet forces in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis


United States and Allied Political Leaders during the first phase

Harry Truman- U.S. president. Approved of the policy of “containing” the Soviet Union. Supported West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade. Sent U.S. troops to South Korea.


Dwight Eisenhower- U.S. president. Ended the Korean War by threatening the Chinese. Approved U.S. nuclear weapons build up


Winston Churchill- British Prime Minister. Recognized danger of Soviet ambitions and urged western resistance


Konrad Adenauer- first West German Chancellor- built West Germany into a wealthy nation and ally of.

the U.S


U.S. and Allied Military Leaders During the first phase

General Douglas MacArthur- after World War 2, rebuilt Japan into a reliable ally of the U.S. Led U.S. and allied forces to victory in the first months of the Korean War before the Chinese intervened


General Curtis LeMay- U.S. Air Force general that led the U.S. airlift in response to the Berlin Blockade- later helped create the Strategic Air Command that became the primary means of attacking other nations with nuclear weapons.


Admiral Hyman Rickover- father of the U.S. nuclear navy.


General Matthew Ridgway- commander of U.S. forces in the Korean War after MacArthur. Beat back the communists for nearly three years. One of the great underrated U.S. military commanders.


General Chiang Kai Chek- leader of nationalist Chinese forces in the Chinese

Civil War-eventually lost and retreated to Taiwan




Second Phase 1965-1979


The second phase of the Cold War was defined by a number of factors. One of these was the reign of Brezhnev as the communist leader of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982 (though the last couple of years he was barely alive). Another was that the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War is generally considered to be from 1965-1973 (though some U.S. soldiers died before and after those dates). And of course the attempted communist takeover of Indonesia led to the deaths of around 500,000 people. This was one of the single bloodiest events of the Cold War.

During the second phase of the Cold War, the Soviet Union gained equality to the U.S. in terms of nuclear weapons and arguably gained superiority in conventional weapons. Growing fears of U.S. weakness helped lead to the rise of Ronald Reagan to power in the U.S. in 1980.

During the second phase of the Cold War the European theatre was largely quiet except for the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush the so called “Prague Spring” (communism nicer than the Soviet version). Up to 500,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops carried out the invasion and up to 3,000 Czechoslovakians were “disappeared” (killed) in the aftermath.

The most intense action in the second phase of the Cold War took place in the Asian theatre where the Vietnam War was raging, the North Koreans became more belligerent (killing around 200 Americans and seizing an American spy ship), and of course the events in Indonesia.

Ironically, despite the intense fighting in Asia, the Chinese and the Soviet Union had a series of major disagreements that led to border fighting. Thereafter, the Chinese sought better relations with the U.S.

The Middle Eastern theatre became much more important in the Cold War as two major wars were fought during this time period between Israel and its neighbors in 1967 and 1973.

Finally, the Third World theatre became a much more active part of the Cold War with communists overthrowing U.S. allies in Nicaragua (central America) and communist Cuban troops being airlifted to Africa to fight for the communists in three nations there.



Communist Political Leaders during the second phase

Leonid Brezhnev - leader of the Soviet Union. Made the Soviet Union very strong militarily but his policies led to major economic problems.


Mao Zedong- leader of Communist China- one of the three most

Monstrous, murderous dictators in world history, but during this phase tried to improve relations with the U.S.


Fidel Castro- leader of Communist Cuba as of 2014, still alive

Daniel Ortega leader of Communist Nicaragua, still alive

Kim Il-Sung- leader of Communist North Korea


Communist Military Leaders during the second phase

Marshal Rodion Malinovsky -urged the massive buildup in Soviet conventional military strength


General Ivan Pavlovsky led the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia



Admiral Sergey Gorshkov- commander of the Soviet Navy- later built a very large, expensive, but somewhat ineffective Soviet Navy.


Marshal Lin Biao- Chinese communist army commander, key to communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, later organized Chinese intervention in the Korean War and supported communists in the Vietnam War. Died in plane crash after attempting to overthrow Mao Zedong


General Vo Giap- North Vietnamese communist general who was key to the communist running France (and later the United States) out of Vietnam .


United States and Allied Political Leaders during the second phase


President Lyndon Johnson- U.S. president during the first half of the Vietnam War.


President Richard Nixon -U.S. president during the second half of the Vietnam War. Later tried to improve relations with the Chinese & Soviet Union. This was called “détente” (French for a lessening of tensions)



President Jimmy Carter -U.S. president considered one of the weakest ever.


Chancellor Willie Brandt - West German leader


President Suharto Indonesian president for 32 years (until 1998)

Helped prevent communist takeover of the nation


U.S. and Allied Military Leaders During the second phase


General William Westmoreland- commander of U.S. forces during the first half of the Vietnam War.


General Creighton Abrams commander of U.S. forces during the second half of the Vietnam War. Later had a great battle tank named after him.


Admiral Hyman Rickover same as in the first phase.


Second Phase Timeline

· 1965- Communist attempt to takeover Indonesia results in the deaths of at least 500,000 people

· 1965: April -- U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism

· 1965-1973- U.S. fights in the Vietnam War

· 1967- Six Day War-Israel armed with U.S. weapons crushes E Egypt, Syrian & Jordan who use Soviet weapons

· 1968: January -- North Korea seizes U.S. spy ship U.S.S. Pueblo, kill two members of the crew, hold the rest for 11 months, never give ship back.

· 1968: August -- Soviet troops crush Czechoslovakian revolt-kill 3.000

· 1968 Chinese & Soviet troops clash along the border. More than 100 killed. Soviets threaten to hit China with nuclear weapons and ask the U.S. if they want a piece of the action.U.S declines the offer and warn the Soviets against it.

· 1968 Soviet submarine K-129 sinks a few hundred miles Hawaii. Some have reported that the submarine was attempting to destroy Pearl Harbor with a nuclear missile in an attempt to frame the Chinese and cause the U.S. to crush the Chinese. The missile malfunctions and sinks the submarine. Other theories are that the K-129 sank after collision with a U.S. submarine

1968-May 22 U.S. attack submarine U.S.S. Scorpion sinks in the Atlantic Ocean. All 99 sailors aboard are killed.

Possibly due to Soviet military action.

· 1969: July 20- America becomes the first (and only) nation to put men on the moon- Apollo 11-

· 1970: April -- President Nixon expands bombing to Cambodia

· 1972 President Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit Communist China. From this point, China and the U.S. become friendlier for most of the next 20 years.

· 1973: Jan. U.S. begins withdrawing from the Vietnam War after a brief cease fire agreement. U.S. loses 59,000 soldiers. Other nations lose about 4,000,000 or so.

· 1973: October -- Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid, U.S. goes on alert as a warning to the Soviets

· 1975: April North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam after U.S. breaks its promise to help South Vietnamese

· 1977- Soviets airlift thousands of Cubans to Africa to fight for communist governments there.

· 1978- North Koreans call off planned invasion of South Korea after warnings by the U.S. & their failure to secure

Chinese support

· 1979- Dec. Soviets invade Afghanistan with 100,000 troops


Third Phase 1980-1989


The third and last phase of the Cold War was the shortest and least violent of the three phases though it had moments of serious peril as the confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union escalated again. In particular, Soviet weaknesses made them more inclined to use military force to preserve their crumbling empire.

The Soviet Union was challenged in many ways during the 1980s. Ronald Reagan was elected president of the U.S. and implemented a series of policies designed to challenge the Soviet Union both militarily and economically. The U.S. provided more support to rebels in Afghanistan fighting Soviet troops and to rebel groups in Nicaragua fighting the communist government there.

The main theatre of the Cold War was again Europe with the deployment of 464 ground launched cruise missiles and 108 Pershing II ballistic missiles in various NATO countries. All carried nuclear warheads capable of striking the Soviet Union. Massive protests broke out in many NATO countries over the missiles except for those deployed in Italy. The missile sites there were based in Sicily and it was rumored that the local mafia ordered people not to protest. The missile deployment occurred in 1983. This year was one of the most critical years of the Cold War as several key events happened that year (see timeline).

The U.S. and its allies also began a series of large scale naval maneuvers designed to show the Soviets how vulnerable they were to strikes from the sea. In 1981, 1983, & 1985 massive naval exercises took place near the Soviet Union and involved the firing of live weapons. In 1980 the Communist government of Poland was challenged by the Solidarity labor union which began at the Gdansk shipyards. The communist government of Poland later declared martial law in order to prevent a Soviet led invasion (similar to what they had done in 1968 in Czechoslovakia). The Soviet Union was troubled by aging and ill leaders during the 1980s with Brezhnev, Andropov, and Chernenko dying in 1982, 1984 & 1985 respectively.

The Asian theatre was relatively quiet during the third phase of the Cold War as the friendship between the U.S. & China continued.

The problems in Poland were a harbinger of things to come in eastern Europe for the Soviet Union. Polish resistance to communist control eventually spread to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and finally to East Germany. When it became clear that the Soviet Union was no longer going to use military force to keep communists in power in eastern Europe, the Germans stormed the Berlin Wall and tore it apart. Subsequently, the communist governments of Romania and Bulgaria were overthrown as well with the former communist dictator of Romania and his wife being executed on Christmas Day, 1989.


Communist Political Leaders During the Third Phase

Brezhnev, Andropov, & Chernenko

Soviet leaders who all cashed in (died) in a three

year span

Mikhail Gorbachev- Soviet leader from 1985 until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Still alive as of this morning.

Fidel Castro- l leader of communist Cuba- still kicking (barely)

Daniel Ortega- leader of communist Nicaragua-still vertical

Kim Il-Sung - leader of communist North Korea- no longer

Breathing


Communist Military Leaders During the Third Phase


Admiral Vladimir Chernavin

Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet until 1985, then replaced Gorshkov as commander of the Soviet Navy.


Marshal Viktor Kulikov

Commander of the Warsaw Pact from 1977-1989.


Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov

head of the Office of Strategic Deception, later championed The Revolution in Military Affairs.


General Anatoly Karnukov

Responsible in part for the shooting down of KAL 007











U.S. and Allied Political Leaders During the Third Phase


Ronald Reagan- President of the United States from 1981-1989 more than any other American credited with winning the Cold War


Margaret Thatcher- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, closest ally of President Reagan.


Francios Mitterand- President of France, ally of President Reagan


Helmut Kohl Chancellor of West Germany, close ally of President Reagan, took advantage of opportunity to reunite

East & West Germany


Pope John Paul II- leader of the Catholic Church, from Poland, a major opponent of communism. Soviet Union had him shot in 1981 (he survived).



Lech Walesa - leader of Polish Solidarity labor union movement years later became the leader of Poland.


U.S. & Allied Military Leaders during the third phase

General Bernard Rogers- NATO commander from 1979-1987


General Duann Starry- U.S. general who came up with the concept chance of defeating the Soviets in a war in western called “AirLand Battle” that gave NATO a real chance of winning a war in Europe

General Daniel O. Graham

Major supporter of missile defense concepts that led to President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.



Admiral James “Ace” Lyons

U.S. Navy admiral who planned and led massive naval exercises near the Soviet Union in the early to mid 1980s



General James Abrahamson

Early leader of the U.S. missile defense program.


Jonas Savimbi Angolan rebel leader who led very successful resistance to

Angolan communist government during the 1980s-90s



Third Phase Timeline

· 1980 Solidarity labor movement challenges communist authority in Poland

· 1981- Ronald Reagan becomes president

· 1981- U.S.S. Eisenhower leads a fleet of 83 American and allied NATO warships dangerously close to the Soviet Union undetected

· 1982 Soviet leader Brezhnev dies, replaced by Andropov

· 1983 -- President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative (a missile system that could shoot down incoming nuclear warheads).

· 1983 Oct. U.S. troops overthrow Communist regime in Grenada

· 1983- Soviet Union shoots down Korean Airlines flight 007 killing all 269 aboard including a U.S. congressman

· 1983- Nov. - Able Archer Crisis- Soviets mistake NATO nuclear weapons exercise for the real thing-last time the two sides come close to nuclear war.

· Dierks Outlaws finished the season 4-6. My worst year as

A football player.

· 1983- U.S. & its NATO allies began basing 572 nuclear missiles in Western Europe capable of reaching targets in the Soviet Union.

· 1984-May 13 Massive explosion at the Soviet Northern Fleet missile storage site in Serveromorsk destroys 980 missiles and kills 200 people

· 1984 Andropov dies- replaced by Chernenko

· 1985 Chernenko dies- replaced by Gorbachev

· 1987: Oct. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles by signing treaty

· 1988: Feb. U.S.S. Caron & Yorktown are rammed in the Black Sea by Soviet ships. Very little damage.

1989: Jan. Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan after losing at least 15,000 soldiers (possibly more than

50,000)

1989- June Massive pipeline leak and explosion in U.S.S.R (force of 10

Kilotons) destroys two trains and kills more than 900 people- possibly due to U.S. economic sabotage.

· 1989: June China puts down protests for democracy, killing thousands of pro democracy protesters Poland becomes independent, followed by Hungary

· 1989: Nov. Berlin Wall falls

· 1989: Dec. Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends, several thousand people killed in Romania and Czechoslovakia by communist security forces.


Cold War Study Guide Text Sources

1. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities byMatthew White

2. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression by Jean-Louis Panné (Author), Andrzej Paczkowski

3. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag (Author), Christopher Drew (Author)

4. Red Star Rogue

Kenneth Sewell (Author)

5. Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

by Paul Lettow (Author)

6. The Price of Vigilance: Attacks on American Surveillance Flights

Larry Tart (Author), Robert Keefe(Author)

7. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

by Brian Crozier (Author)

8. Fall from Glory: The Men Who Sank the U.S. Navy

by Gregory L. Vistica

9. Soviet Military Power 1982-1992 editions

by U.S. Government Printing Office


10. Inside the Soviet Army

by Viktor Suvorov


11. The Real War

by Richard M. Nixon (Author)


12. Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended Paperback

by Jack Matlock (Author)


13. Cold War at Sea: An Illustrated History

by Kit Bonner (Author)


14. Whence the Threat to Peace

by Military Publishing (Author)


15. The United States and the End of the Cold War: Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations

by John Lewis Gaddis (Author)


16. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman (Author)


17. The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea

by John Pina Craven (Author)


18. Cold War: An Illustrated History, 1945-1989

by Jeremy Isaacs


19. Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War

by John Swift (Author)

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Science Fiction Hopes


I would like to see Babylon-5, Space: Above & Beyond, and the original Battlestar:Galactica reborn.


1) Babylon-5 could focus on a continuation of the Crusade storyline with a different ship than the Excalibur (perhaps an advanced Earthforce ship) with 100 episodes or more.

I would like to see in this series the explanation for how the Drakh Plague was eliminated on Earth and why the Excalibur crew had to go on the run and their fates. I would also like to see the details of the Telepath War revealed. In particular, I would like to see more interaction with the Earth Force fleet and more of Earth in the 22nd century.


2) Space: Above & Beyond could focus on another squadron besides the 58th(Wildcards) as the Chig War resumes with more background on the Chigs and redesigned Hammerhead fighters.

The Chig War ends with a negotiated settlement of sorts. More of the Chigs relationship to prehistoric Earth is revealed as is the conspiracy between some elements of Earths govt. and various hostiles including the Silicates.


3) Battlestar: Galactica should be remade beginning a year before the destruction of the colonies, lasting at least 10 seasons culminating with the defeat of the Cylons and the return to the colonies.


I would like to see the remade Battlestar: Galactica end with the Cylons defeated (but not destroyed entirely) and the Colonials return to 10 of the original colonies and have good relations with Earth and its colonies. We flashforward 30 years into the future. Adama has died. Apollo is leader of New Caprica (and married to Sheba) while Tigh is president of the Quorum of the Twelve, Starbuck is married to Cassiopeia, serves as the Colonial Fleet commander and one of the greatest military heroes of all time. Athena commands a battlestar of her own.


4) I would like to see a live action Battletech series told from the standpoint of a FedCom(Federated Commonwealth) mercenary unit beginning in 3045. Commander of the unit is a devoted Davionist even though he was born and raised on Skye.

Series begins with hostilities between the Federated Commonwealth and the Draconis Combine flaring up occasionally with the mercenary unit that is the focus of the series helping to seize a Combine planet(s) near the end of the first season. Hanse Davion makes an appearance. Ultimately the series moves into the Clan Invasion and eventually the unit is sent to Tutyavid to assist Comstar in the battle there along with other Inner Sphere units including the Davion Assault Guards, the 10th Lyran Guards, the 2nd Sword of Light, Northwind Highlanders, and Cochrane‘s Goliaths (a personal rival) . Series ultimately ends with the Clan threat halted for the foreseeable future (not from the Battle for Tutyavid but from something resembling the later Great Refusal). The Free Rasulhague Republic and Terran Hegemony are reestablished (kind of) with 25 and 15 planets respectively. Star League II Era begins as the series ends. Series features flashbacks to each of the Succession Wars and even to the Star League Era.


5) I would like to see a live action Battletech movie set on Solaris VII during the Third Succession War (2980 or so) focusing on a Solaris fighter forming a new mercenary unit (prequel to the above series). Series also features a “guy in a bar” that is 120 years old who remembers the beginning of the Third Succession War and who had a grandfather who fought in the First Succession War.


6a) I would like to see Blake’s 7 completely remastered with new models, effects, and even computer generated sets. Perhaps even a complete revamping and updating of the series though with the same solid writing.


6b) I would like to see Red Dwarf revived with many new episodes.


7) I would like to see a live action TV series or a movie (or two) focusing on the Berserkers or the Bolo combat units (Berserkers would probably be easier). Berserker movie should include the Battle of Stone Place and other triumphs by Johann Karlsen.


7b) I would like to see the movies “Killdozer” and “Megaforce” remade. Killdozer featuring a modern bulldozer and at least two more modern earthmovers.

“Megaforce” eliminates some of the campy elements of the original, adds drone air support for the force and has them oppose a more modern force like Leopard II tanks.


8) I would like to see a new animated Transformers TV series following my suggested storylines and returning to the “blocky” look of the 1980s Transformers.


9) I would like to see a live action Transformers movie made to my standards and backstory. Focusing on a basic group of Autobots (Optimus Prime, Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Mirage, Ratchet, Inferno, Huffer, Grapple, & Jetfire) opposing a basic group of Decepticons (Megatron, Soundwave, Rumble, Ravage , Laserbeak, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Ramjet, & Thrust) .

I would love to see a scene where Optimus Prime, Huffer, Grapple, and Inferno in vehicle form burst through a police roadblock that included Megatron, Sound wave, Rumble, & Ravage


10) I would like to see a movie or TV series based on the Starrigger books (series preferably). Combines futuristic vehicles and an interstellar freeway (beginning on Pluto).

11) I would like to see Terra Nova revived and lasting at least 4 seasons with answers to many questions raised in the original.

Series ultimately ends with a number of Terra Nova colonies established and 22nd century Earth shown to be slowly recovering thanks to resources from the past. The conspiracy that led to the invasion of Terra Nova is exposed and defeated. Several episodes take place in the 22nd century primarily including one that takes place largely on an interplanetary spacecraft like the Pegasus from Voyage to the Planets.


12) I would like to see the science fiction novels Warbirds, Hawksbill Station, and The Princes of Earth made into good movies. And a sequel to The Princes of Earth focusing on Adam Warrington, his wife, and best friend (Gilly) several decades later after Adam has been formally selected as a new Prince of Earth.


13) I would like to see Star Trek: The Next Generation & Star Trek: The Original Series remastered in a way similar to the Battlestar: Galactica fan edits.


13a) I would like to see Peter David’s ST:TNG novel “Vendetta” made into a Star Trek movie (with the Enterprise-D) with the Delcara story portion cut back dramatically and the Ferengi Borg spokesman eliminated entirely. Perhaps replacing the Excelsior class Chekov with a a Nebula class starship and Repulse assisted by at least four other starships at the end (Renaissance, New Orleans, Apollo, Cheyenne )


13b) I would like to see all the Star Trek movies remastered, reedited, improved special effects, and extra scenes added that eliminated the worst of the plot holes. Much like the fan made (or in the making) Star Trek: The Final Frontier Special Edition.


14) I would like to see the Honor Harrington series made into a regular television series or a series of movies keeping as close to the novels as possible.


15) I would like to see a Christian space opera television series or series of movies hit the air and become big successes. A Christian space opera television series that lasted a minimum of four seasons and maintained its advocacy of Christian values would be really great.

In particular, I would like to see the Lamb Among the Stars books made into a series of very high quality and commercially successful movies. Very heavy focus on the Dominion Invasion of the Assembly.


Finally,

16) I would like to see my two proposed Star Trek series, Star Trek: The New Voyages (ST:TNV) based aboard the Excelsior class Enterprise-B commanded by Captain Jason D. Culver…and Star Trek: The Final Frontier (ST:TFF) beginning about 2420 aboard the largest, most powerful Enterprise in history commanded by Captain Carson Tower to both be made and run at least 8-10 seasons each. (200-260 episodes) with at least three movies then based upon each. And both series stripped of the liberal leanings and political correctness that has infected modern Trek series.


16a) I would like to see a Star Trek series that begins during the theoretical fourth season of the original series lasting 8-10 seasons (200-260 episodes). set aboard one of the other Constitution class sister ships of the Enterprise such as the U.S.S. Pegasus, Solaris, Savannah, or Falcon. Featuring similar sets, sound effects, special effects (though updated) and general overall look of the original though beginning with the third season, “upgraded” to look more like the movie era of the Original Series. With careful editing, I would like Captain Kirk and the Enterprise to make a few appearances in the first two seasons of this series (OS 4th & 5th years) , and in movie configuration in seasons 6 and onward. The Enterprise makes as many as 12-14 appearances original and refit.

The new series ship remains an original Constitution class design until after the fourth season when it is “upgraded” to “Movie Era” standards.

Series includes at least one flashback to the Pike era Enterprise (Pike & crew of that era recreated partially through CGI) and a whiplash effect back through time story as well as a mission through the Galactic Barrier.


In publications

I would like to see 10 more issues of The Best of Trek Series books .

I would like to see a remake of ST:TNG Technical Manual and see it made to STS9 Technical Manuals standards. Likewise, I would like to see new Technical Manuals for the Original (including animated) Series, Voyager, and Enterprise made all to the STS9 Manual Standard.

I would like to see Sourcebooks for the Borg Conflict and the Dominion Invasion as well as one covering a three decade long Earth-Romulan War. All heavily illustrated.

I would like to see a Battlestar: Galactica Technical Manual featuring the Galactica and at least six other ships from the fleet and a Battlestar: Galactica: A Brief History of the Thousand Yahren (Year) War.

I would like to see a Battletech Coffee Table oversized book that looked in great detail at 150 light battlemechs, 200 medium battlemechs, 100 heavy battlemechs, and 50 assault battlemechs and a “Peacetech” Technical Readout that looked at 200 civilian ‘mechs and dozens of other futuristic civilian vehicles.


I would like to see at least a dozen more adventures of Captain Pike in novel form and the Star Trek: The Early Voyages comic restarted (it ended at issue #17) with at least 58 more issues covering at least 40 stories regarding Captain Pike’s Enterprise.

I would like to see a sequel to the Star Trek novel “Vendetta” without Delcara or Guinan but with a new, more powerful Doomsday Machine and several more Federation starships engaged.

I would like to publish at least four science fiction novels of my own. Including my idea for an agriculture based anthology series “Up On the Farm” and my proposed novel combining football & time travel “A Strong Second Half”. And perhaps revisit my “Pax Americana” science fiction novel idea (23rd century America still dominating).

I would like to write a group of Christian space opera novels (possibly a trilogy) that focuses on a starship named “Centurion” some centuries from now when religion has become nearly extinct on Earth but the Centurion crew ends up protecting a distant colony world of Christians.

I would like to see at least 20 more short stories and perhaps a novel taking place in Steven Utley’s SilurianTales universe.

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