Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
A review of PBS's “FDR” movie
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"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that t...
Friday, January 8, 2016
A review of “The War of 1812” (PBS program)
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"No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave , And the star-spangled banner in...
Monday, November 30, 2015
A review of Neil Oliver's “A History of Scotland”
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"That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England shall upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and forever after be U...
Friday, November 20, 2015
A review of “The Storm That Swept Mexico”
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The "Great Revolution" in Mexico: It's not the war of independence from Spain If your average person on the street overhea...
The Nuremberg trials: A comparison of two movies
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Warning: This post contains some disturbing pictures related to the Holocaust. One of these, in particular, is very graphic, and may merit...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
A review of “The Great War” (1964 BBC series)
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"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely...
Monday, November 9, 2015
A review of CNN's “The Cold War”
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"He who ignores the lessons of history is doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana Soviets' first atomic bomb test, 19...
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