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Back to part of the title, prices, saw a recent piece discussing oil speculation:
boards.fool.com/morgan-stanley-the-largest-american-oil-company-27341268.aspx

Google also shows articles from Jan 2009 where Morgan-Stanley leased/bought unused supertankers to store oil off shore awaiting rises in ...

That Amazon link looks like it's a pre-release notice, for 15 May publication. Looks interesting.
The Amazon write-up attributes to Dorondo a claim that logistics failures (among other things) in mechanized arms forced continued reliance on mounted units throughout the war, and that seems to track ...

Thanks, Pat.
Seems I'm recreating my own little Remount troop.
Last summer while at Ft. Riley's museum I spotted behind glass a book that appeared to be a manual for remount training rather than something about breeding or selection.
Ever hear of or see such a volume? I have, of course, several ...

Once upon a time ...
(Yes, I know how a real "sea story/war story" starts, but this is a family show ...)
I came across an old saddle by way of an estate sale. Among the other items were some pre-/during/post WW1 things that narrowed the timeline of the original owner, and ultimate research here ...

Once again - lots of expertise and sound evaluation.
Yes, Todd - it was Whiting's piece I was recalling. No matter what one thinks of the stirrups & hoods, it's a great paragraph. He's clearly taking on 'the establishment' of the day - I can almost hear the gravelly voice of the old colonel ...

Outstanding!
Thanks, Todd, and to those who replied offline.
OK - any idea why, other than the general urge to change something, they went from the 1912 steel back to cut down wood in 1940? I don't recall the author but I remember reading a turn of the century diatribe against the hoods/tapaderos ...

Hi folks -
I'm new here, and an avid history reader, especially US Indian wars to date, and as a horse person that tends to lean towards things Cavalry. As I have been digging through the archives, I am constantly mutterin' to myself about having finally found the mother lode of info.
Something I ...