History Repeating Itself: Russian Aggression
The May 1st Wall Street Journal article by Julian E. Barnes entitled “NATO’s Breedlove Calls for Sharper Focus on Russia…
Oktoberfest in Bavaria: Then and Now
The September 17, 2015, Wall Street Journal article about the migrant crisis and Germany’s annual Oktoberfest included this pull-out quote:…
Reflections on the 70th Anniversary of the End of WWII
The war in Europe ended in May of 1945 and the war in the Pacific ended later that summer in…
Thoughts on the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, built by the Soviets in 1961 to keep the East Germans and East Berliners from traveling to…
Visit in 1972 to the Normandy Beaches of the D-Day Landing
Chapter 27 of my Cold War memoir TALES OF AN AMERICAN OCCUPYING GERMANY begins with a visit to the D-Day…