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What if WW2 had been voluntarily funded?

By Perry Willis | Published November 13, 2019

Thought experiment: What if WW2 had been voluntarily funded? Might the outcomes have been dramatically better for the U.S. and the world? By Perry Willis This article will… Remind you…

Posted in Blog | Tagged Britain, Canada, Chaing Kai Shek, Downsize DC, FDR, France, Himmler, Hitler, Japan, Korea, Mao, Nazi, Nazis, Perry Willis, Poland, Roosevelt, Stalin, taxation, unconditional surrender, voluntary funding, Word War 2, World War Two, WW2 | 8 Comments

Was World War 2 a “good war?”

By Perry Willis | Published November 9, 2017

The politicians planned poorly, with disastrous results

Posted in Blog | Tagged Chiang Kai-shek, D-Day, democide, Downsize DC, European Theater, FDR, Flying Tigers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Germany, Harry S. Truman, Hitler, Japan, Korea, Mao, Memorial Day, Nazis, No Simple Victory, Norman Davies, North Korea, Pacific Theater, Pearl Harbor, Perry Willis, R. J. Rummel, Soviet Union, Stalin, Stalingrad, Teddy Roosevelt, trade restrictions, Truman, Veterans Day, Vietnam, Word War One, World War 1, World War 2, World War Two, WW1, WW2, Zero Aggression Project | 4 Comments

How U.S. politicians helped create the Soviet Union

By Perry Willis | Published November 5, 2017

More compelling history they probably didn’t teach you in high school (or college)

Posted in Blog | Tagged Beaverbrook, Bolshevik Revolution, Cambodian Killing Fields, Cold War, Communist Revolution, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Downsize DC, Edward Crankshaw, Germany, Kerensky, Lenin, Mao, North Korea, Perry Willis, Red China, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Vietnam, Word War One, WW1 | 11 Comments