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Dayton Kitchens · Jul 27, 2017

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West African Empires
The Kingdom of Ghana
The Kingdom of Ghana is generally given the dates 9th to the 13th century CE by historians. It marks the beginning of a series of empires in West Africa that were involved in extensive commercial trade. You should note by looking at the map above that the area of the Kingdom of Ghana during this time period is farther north than the present day country of Ghana. Click here to see a map of present day Ghana.
Some have called the Kingdom of Ghana the "land of gold, " an excellent description since it was abounding in gold. The gold trade was largely responsible for the development of Ghana into a powerful, centralized kingdom. The peoples of West Africa had independently developed their own gold mining techniques and began trading with people of other regions of Africa and later Europe as well. At the time of the Kingdom of Ghana, gold was traded for salt that came down from the Sahara desert.
In addition to the gold trade, historians have pointed to a second important factor in the development of these West African Kingdoms. This was the use of iron. The use of iron to make tools and weapons helped some people to expand their control over neighboring people. These changes called for new forms of social organization, contributing to the development of centralized, powerful empires. Historians also say that the use of the horse and camel, along with iron, were important factors in how rulers were able to incorporate small farmers and herders into their empires.
The Ghanaian kings controlled the gold that was mined in their kingdom and implemented a system of taxation for their people. Around 1054, the Almoravid rulers came south to conquer the Kingdom of Ghana and convert the people to Islam. The authority of the king eventually diminished, which opened the way for the Kingdom of Mali to begin to gain power. The trade that had begun, however, continued to prosper.
The Kingdom of Mali
Take another look at the map above showing Africa's kingdoms and empires. (Click here to go back to the map of Africa's Kingdoms and Empires.) Notice the relationship between Ghana and Mali. What do you see? The Kingdom of Mali includes all of Ghana plus a lot more territory! During its time, Mali was the second largest empire in the world only after the Mongolian empire in Asia. The dates that historians have designated for the Kingdom of Mali are from the 13th to 15th centuries CE.
The Kingdom of Mali came to control the gold trade that the Kingdom of Ghana had controlled before it, but it also expanded its trading in many ways. The Kingdom of Mali controlled the salt trade in the north and many caravan trade routes. Additionally, it traded extensively with Egypt and the copper mine areas to the east.
The founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Mali was Sundiata Keita. We know about him through the writings of a 14th century North African historian named Ibn Khaldun. Sundiata expanded the kingdom to include the Kingdom of Ghana and West African gold fields.
The most celebrated king of Mali was Mansa Musa. He greatly extended Mali's territory and power during his reign. He made a name for himself in distant regions throughout the Muslim world through his pilgrimage to Mecca, which is in present-day Saudi Arabia. Sixty thousand people and eighty camels carrying 300 lbs. of gold each accompanied him to Mecca.
The Kingdom of Songhay
The dates for the Kingdom of Songhay partly overlap those of Mali, although the information that follows will reveal at what point Songhay gained control over certain portions of the old Kingdom of Mali. The dates for the Kingdom of Songhay are between 1350 and 1600 CE..
The first of two great rulers in the Kingdom of Songhay was Sonni Ali. He came to power in 1464 CE and made the Songhay perhaps the most powerful state in western/central Africa at the time.
His successor was Mohammed Askia, who came to power in 1493 CE. He expanded the kingdom even further and set up an even more advanced and strongly centralized government. He developed a new system of laws, expanded the military, and encouraged scholarship and learning. Unlike Sonni Ali, he was a devout Muslim, who used the combination of Islam and commerce to build his kingdom. He brought peace and stability to the kingdom during his reign.
The Kingdom of Songhay came to an end when the Moroccans invaded and conquered them. By 1600 CE, the days of the great kingdoms of West Africa were over.
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Needed to reboot this one up. Had to give my older computer to Annalee for school and she wiped a bunch of my files.

Dayton Kitchens · Jul 27, 2017

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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
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Dayton Kitchens · Jul 27, 2017

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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.
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Dayton Kitchens · Jul 27, 2017

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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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Same reason as above.

Dayton Kitchens · Jul 27, 2017

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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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Same as above. this one was really important as I had it saved to a flash drive but the drive was damaged and the data corrupted.

Tuckerfan · Aug 9, 2017

Dayton the pacifist strikes again.

Dayton3 said: ↑

Assuming the North Koreans show they are capable of hitting U.S. territory (not necessarily the mainland the U.S.) with a ballistic missile carrying a nuclear weapon.

Would you support the U.S. launching a preemptive nuclear strike?

I would assume that it would involve at least 100 nuclear weapon from the U.S. in total. About half in the hundreds of kiloton range in size to destroy North Korean nuclear weapons, delivery systems and facilities and the other have low kiloton range weapon (5 kilotons or so) use against artillery and missile sites in North Korea that threaten Seoul, SK. and its environs.

At another forum it was estimated that this would kill from 2-5 million North Koreans. A staggering number to be sure.

But is it worth losing a U.S. city to avoid it?
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Minsc&Boo · Aug 9, 2017

Dayton has a crush on Arya.

RickDeckard · Aug 11, 2017

Dayton3 said:

I've loved the B-1 bomber since I was in the third grade.
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Dayton3 said:

Unless you believe in the words of the Bible you don't get to use them against someone. That is intellectual dishonesty.
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Dayton3 said:

And what's wrong with expecting someone else to do ones killing?
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Minsc&Boo · Aug 11, 2017

would rick either play lotro or mr kitchens mmo?

Tuckerfan · Aug 13, 2017

And for those who might have missed it, here's an instance, in all seriousness, where Dayton says the right thing.

Dayton3 said: ↑

Federal Farmer said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

Federal Farmer said: ↑

Ah, more neg reps, but no answers.
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Here's your answers: Because for all their faults, folks like Jefferson and Washington contributed something greater than themselves to this country. Their ideas, which they fought for, led to a nation which strives to treat all of its citizens equally. The hagiographers who wrote about Lee celebrate him as a man who fought "The Lost Cause," not as a man, who after the war, realized that he was wrong and worked to correct his mistakes. If you want to celebrate that man, then the statues of him should be of him in civilian clothes, and showing him symbolically rejecting the Confederacy. There's nobility in someone admitting that they were wrong and working to make up for that. There's no nobility in celebrating a person who fought for a cause which included owning human beings.

Show us Lee fighting as fiercely against the Klan as he did against the Union, and we'll talk. Until then, the statues and memorials celebrating a soldier who fought for the Confederacy should come down.
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The confederacy lasted four years, slavery existed and was held up by the government for 75 years, and then continued to kill individuals and oppress minoritiesfor decades to come, why give this country a pass? Shouldn't you be advocating the removal of monuments of our founding fathers?
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Because Washington and various other slave owning founding fathers by and large believed slavery was a fundamentally bad thing and hoped it would eventually die out on its own. After all, Washington's will specified that all the slaves on his plantation would be freed once Martha Washington died.

But like it or not Robert E. Lee and various others went to war against the lawful elected government of the United States for the express purpose of slave owners being allowed to keep slaves.

Sure it was about "states rights". Specifically the rights of each state to keep slavery legal and in fact protected.
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Fisherman's Worf · Aug 14, 2017

^One of the rare unironic greatest hits of @Dayton3.

Fisherman's Worf · Aug 16, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

Many people at Wordforge like to claim that I'm unintelligent and uneducated.

While I would dispute this please keep it in mind and try to explain what you're talking about.
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Tuckerfan · Aug 20, 2017

The history teacher says "fuck history."

Dayton3 said: ↑

I still think all people (Americans and foreigners) would be better off if they followed the "Grandfather Rule".

Grandfather Rule (summarized):

If it didn't effect my grandfather (or more recently) then it doesn't matter.
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Shirogayne · Aug 20, 2017

Tuckerfan said: ↑

The history teacher says "fuck history."

Dayton3 said: ↑

I still think all people (Americans and foreigners) would be better off if they followed the "Grandfather Rule".

Grandfather Rule (summarized):

If it didn't effect my grandfather (or more recently) then it doesn't matter.
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Incorrect.

Dayton teaches science now*

*At least, he did at last check, he's probably gotten sacked/laid off by now

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 20, 2017

Tuckerfan said: ↑

The history teacher says "fuck history."

Dayton3 said: ↑

I still think all people (Americans and foreigners) would be better off if they followed the "Grandfather Rule".

Grandfather Rule (summarized):

If it didn't effect my grandfather (or more recently) then it doesn't matter.
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On the contrary.

Studying history is valuable and enjoyable on its own.

But.

1) It shouldn't be used as a tool to nurture current grievances.

2) No one should believe that it helps you predict the future.

History never repeats itself.

Only historians do.

ed629 · Aug 20, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

The history teacher says "fuck history."

Dayton3 said: ↑

I still think all people (Americans and foreigners) would be better off if they followed the "Grandfather Rule".

Grandfather Rule (summarized):

If it didn't effect my grandfather (or more recently) then it doesn't matter.
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On the contrary.

Studying history is valuable and enjoyable on its own.

But.

1) It shouldn't be used as a tool to nurture current grievances.

2) No one should believe that it helps you predict the future.

History never repeats itself.

Only historians do.
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Well that's apt... for you. You have called yourself a historian, and would explain your continued repetition of continued fuck ups over and over.

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 20, 2017

ed629 said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

The history teacher says "fuck history."

Dayton3 said: ↑

I still think all people (Americans and foreigners) would be better off if they followed the "Grandfather Rule".

Grandfather Rule (summarized):

If it didn't effect my grandfather (or more recently) then it doesn't matter.
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On the contrary.

Studying history is valuable and enjoyable on its own.

But.

1) It shouldn't be used as a tool to nurture current grievances.

2) No one should believe that it helps you predict the future.

History never repeats itself.

Only historians do.
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Well that's apt... for you. You have called yourself a historian, and would explain your continued repetition of continued fuck ups over and over.
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Since when does learning from your mistakes make you immune from making new mistakes?

Tuckerfan · Aug 26, 2017

Once again, humor eludes Dayton.

Dayton3 said: ↑

Paladin said: ↑

Well, you know how well those lifting bodies work out...

"I can't hold it! She's breaking up! She's breaking--"

But how else will we usher in a new era of bionic men?
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Except that the crash footage in the opening of The Six Million Dollar Man is not of an experimental lifting body, but of the crash of an X-15.

And despite the violence of the crash the pilot was not badly injured though he did lose an eye due to a post operative infection.
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Dayton Kitchens · Aug 27, 2017

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...

Tuckerfan · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Show me where in the rules that humor is prohibited.

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 27, 2017

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Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Show me where in the rules that humor is prohibited.
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I'm not referring to anything current.

I'm simply referring to you generally being a jerk.

Tuckerfan · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

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Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Show me where in the rules that humor is prohibited.
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I'm not referring to anything current.
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Of course you're not. That's why it took you so long to make that comment.

I'm simply referring to you generally being a jerk.
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Yeah, right. I'll note that I'm the only person in this thread to post here when you actually get something right. If that makes me a jerk, then I'll wear that label proudly. After all, how many people do you know who will praise someone they consider to be a dirt bag for being right?

shootER · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Like consistent employment eludes you?

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 27, 2017

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Like consistent employment eludes you?
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An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission) speaks volumes.

elitirate ķnut · Aug 27, 2017

What an incredible vanity thread. ITT Dayton3 wins.

shootER · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

shootER said: ↑

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Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Like consistent employment eludes you?
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An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission)...
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Link?

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 27, 2017

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Like consistent employment eludes you?
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An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission)...
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Link?
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I'm not looking it up. But if you wish to deny that you claimed not to like me because I thought I was better than many or most people on this board then do so and I'll retract my claim that you are biased against me.

RickDeckard · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

Apparently competent moderation eludes Tuckerfan...
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Like consistent employment eludes you?
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An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission) speaks volumes.
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You don't understand what a moderator is.

shootER · Aug 27, 2017

Dayton3 said: ↑

shootER said: ↑

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Like consistent employment eludes you?
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An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission)...
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Link?
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I'm not looking it up. But if you wish to deny that you claimed not to like me because I thought I was better than many or most people on this board then do so and I'll retract my claim that you are biased against me.
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I don't recall saying that I "didn't like you", but the fact that you think you're better than most people here is laughable and completely lacking in evidence.

Also, what @RickDeckard said. Add it to the lengthy list of things you don't understand.

Dayton Kitchens · Aug 27, 2017

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

shootER said: ↑

Dayton3 said: ↑

An administrator should be unbiased. The fact that you are not (by your own admission)...
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Link?
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I'm not looking it up. But if you wish to deny that you claimed not to like me because I thought I was better than many or most people on this board then do so and I'll retract my claim that you are biased against me.
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I don't recall saying that I "didn't like you", but the fact that you think you're better than most people here is laughable and completely lacking in evidence.

Also, what @RickDeckard said. Add it to the lengthy list of things you don't understand.
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I believe that a moderator or administrator of a discussion board regardless of their personal feelings and beliefs should at least give the impression of being neutral.

And "evidence" is not required for most things in life. Lots of things you simply take on faith.

Do you believe in quarks or the Higgs boson? Correct me if I'm wrong but you are not a particle physicist who has done original research or reviewed the original research of others working at a Super Collider?

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