Jason Griffith

Support at least one claim

Revisado: 06-07-22

The author repeatedly stated that there are claims about the battle of Gettysburg that are common misconceptions yet in every case fails to support it with substantial evidence. How is it that Lee’s plan is so brilliant (as the author claims), and that he executes it with the “finest army the North American continent had ever seen”, yet it fails so spectacularly? I got about a third of the way through and gave up that he was ever going to get around to providing such evidence.

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A revelatory account for enthusiast and engineer

Revisado: 08-08-20

Working in human spaceflight, this provides fantastic historical context to the human- machine debates that continue on current development spacecraft. Very enjoyable and well told history that takes an objective position in that debate.

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A very thorough survey of the war

Revisado: 02-06-19

Covered all the bases and help stitch the conflict together for me rather than being a series of disjointed actions. I think it's important that the lecturer focused on people's writing at the time to build their disposition rather than relying on dubious post war memoirs.

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Great context for origins of the Civil War

Revisado: 01-02-19

Performance was great!
The subject matter is very important for having an idea about the build up of tension since the founding that led to the civil war (and the origins of secession as an idea).

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Some good space nuggets

Revisado: 10-13-18

Aside from the fact that the narrator pronounced Saturn V as "Saturn Vee" instead of "Saturn five", there were definitely some good insights. Dr. Tyson got across well the dependence of the advances of the space race on the geopolitical situation (i.e. that progress in space is not inevitable, but subject to outside forces). It was a bit disjointed of a narrative though

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Great account of space exploration!

Revisado: 06-01-18

Kranz captures the spirit of exploration and calculated risk taking that brought us from a 4" flight to landing on the moon within a decade. A great insight to a very interesting world and a model to be followed for today.

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Here's your next space policy

Revisado: 03-10-18

Zubrin coherently leads us through the path that it would take to sustainably put Americans on Mars (and grow a presence beyond flags and footprints). Not 15 years and hundreds of billions of dollars from now, but much sooner. Since the updated version, there's been much movement in the space industry, but we're still lacking the governmental leadership to step up and say "yes, we're setting Mars as THE objective, now NASA, go get it done! "

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Great compilation of speeches

Revisado: 09-20-17

McCullough is a worthy voice of our country's ideals. A reminder that it is a nation made by people just as human as we are today, but towards lofty ideals to which we still strive. There was a bit of overlap in some of the stories owing to the nature of the compilation, but it didn't distract overall.

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Wow... get your tin foil hat out

Revisado: 07-22-17

Jeez... was hoping for something with historical credibility. My radar went off when the author referred to details about a conspiracy to kill JFK as known facts (consensus on that is far from clear). Buyer beware... kinda wish I had my credit back on this one.

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Great analysis

Revisado: 04-28-17

Clark's analysis pushes past the normal quick, easy conclusions about the France 1940 campaign and develops a nuanced view of the downfall of a great power. The analysis was punctuated by accounts from the time that underscored the leaders views as events unfolded. Overall, very good read.

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