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Charles

found an interesting article on Bolshevik economic policy in 1918-1921, the so called "War Communism" and it's effect on the economy: In one fell swoop the market was declared illegal. Private trade, the hiring of labor, leasing of land, and all private enterprise and ownership were abolished, at le...

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But that doesn't mean his work is not top notch on his subject. Cat I am not saying it is not. I have not read it and cannot comment on the substance. My post is more along the line of "buyer beware" so a potential buyer can make an informed decision. There was a similar discussion in the RoP forum...

Charles

a bit off topic, but I was checking out reviews on Orlando's Figes "People's tragedy" and came across this: Historian Orlando Figes agrees to pay damages for fake reviews Orlando Figes posted reviews on Amazon praising his own work and rubbishing that of his rivals http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/20...

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Charles, Im not convinced about Red army power during 1918's.. In what sense? Red Army in 1918 was weak. The Bolsheviks had disbanded the Imperial Russian Army and founded their own army, the Red Army, but in early 1918, they were totally powerless to stop the German Army from advancing all the way...

Charles

The communists (pro bolshevists) were waiting, during the killings they did nothing, they didn't want to be part of the revolution (and at this time were NOT attacked by freikurps): They wanted to seize the power when the revolution would succeed, but wounded and fragile, as in Russia. The democrat...

Charles

I was looking at the wiki entry for the failed revolution in Germany 1918-19: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%9319 (ps- I can't vouch for its accuracy, but did not see any obvious errors). There is a question whether the revolution could have succeeded in any case. Accor...

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no, not because of wars, but the war causes a series of internal disruptions which further weakens an already unstable regime, making it easier for opponents to topple it. In all Revolutions, you have a series of economic, social, political factors which can help expalin why it occurred. Marxist exp...

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One thing I notice is that Liberals and Marxians share a blind spot when examining social conditions. In general, they neglect to consider war and its aftermath as a crucial 'social condition' for revolution... this despite the fact that, empirically, failed war seems a necessary (though probably n...

Charles

I agree that our view of Russian history has been heavily influenced by Soviet propaganda. It's only since 1991 that western historians have had freer access to the Soviet archives and most of the research has been devoted to WW2 and the cold war. However, even with the information we have now, we c...

Charles

Actually, I think there's a fair argument that Russia 1905-1914 was making some political progress, if nothing else because defeat by the Japanese in 1905 had had some salutary impact. Certainly, Russian wartime performance 1914-1916 must be viewed 'glass half-full' or 'glass half-empty' rather tha...

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In another vein is: - Lenin , by Robert Service, 2000. A recent biography with half the book devoted to the 1917-22 period, gives you an inside view of the Revolution. - Stalin , by Robert Service, 2004. a recent biography of Stalin with a large chunk devoted to the Russian Revolution and its afterm...

Charles

I agree about why Marx was wrong but the history(dialectic) all about influence and reaction, why did the western democracies didn't get the "effect" as those countries I mentioned?Yogoslavia needs more respect I guess with tito. The other countries aren't armed better. Because of social classes or...

Charles

as the wind more calm I can ask more questions :wacko: About Germany becoming a Communist regime, or preventing from it? A good Aristocracy? With the exception of Checkoslovakia, was Marx's foresight was wrong? about the industrialized nations as London or Paris will be the first communist nations?...

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What I am trying to explain, is that the Communist Party was in fact stronger in Germany than Russia. Without a bad precedent then a Communist takeover was FAR more likely. You can read up on this from many good sources of analysis. Agreed. Under classical Marxist theory, the revolution was suppose...

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The Nazis received very few votes until the great depression started in 1929, they were then able to hammer home the message about the failure of capitalism, the weakness of democratic government and the need for a strong leader. The presence or not of a Soviet government in another country was a no...

Charles

I dont see how what you base yourself to reason that the Nazis would never have existed if the Soviets had not come to power. The Nazi party was born out of a frustation over the very harsh terms of the Versailles treaty, the economic instability of the 20s and 30s and the weakness of the postwar Ge...

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I have a different viewpoint on the Russian Revolution. The Communists under Stalin enforced an iron discipline over the Party and the people which allowed them to carry out the brutal industrialization of the USSR in the 20s and 30s. This transformed the USSR from a backwards rural nation in 1917 t...

Charles

One question I've been meaning to ask for some time - what is the range of random numbers for the siege roll? We know what the modifiers are: guns, engineers, supply, etc. But are these modifying a d6 or a d10 or what? Obviously, the larger the random range, the less important the modifiers. I have...

Charles

I am not a AGOED veteran, but ROP does a very good job of capturing the feel of 18th century warfare. I also see the need for certain fixes with replacements/unit merging. You quickly wind up with many depleted units. Perhaps one game solution could be to allow disbanding with no/little cost and for...

Charles

Having said that, I think anything above a large garrison is a waste of manpower - they only will surrender en masse when the siege goes wrong, or be killed to the man when assaulted. more or less what I thought as well. From a pure cost-benefit point of view, just putting one full supply wagon in ...

Charles

I guess this is more of a how to question. I am in the middle of a grand campaign PBEM 1.02, now up to june 57. I have been besieging Prague for 3 turns. I have sappers/siege artillery present. There are a total of 2 breaches so far, but I get a message that assaults are still imposiible. My Austria...

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1920x1200 on a 27" Dell widescreen monitor.

looks fantastic..

Charles

Very interesting facts about Frederick. But it looks plausible and realistic. It can be quite right about his father modernizing the army. He can be stubborn in battlefield, but in his civil life, He was more tolerant to religion differences and liked poetry or music as I read. He was a great music...

Charles

It would be an interesting scenario to see what happens when Prussia did not take Saxony, and Austria starts a war over Silesia. Prussia could have the same troops as at start of the campaign (or the 56 Saxony scenario), Saxony would have her army intact, and Austria - who would have mobilized at h...

Charles

a couple of points on King Frederick: 1. most of the reform work on the Prussian Army had been done by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He merely took what they had done and used it or continued the evolution, for example improving the recruitment of personnel and the military educatio...

Charles

Battle of Liegnitz , august 15th, 1760. In the summer of 1760, the war was going badly for 48 year old King Frederick who had suffered a series of reverses over the past year. In early august, he was racing through Silesia with 30,000 men to hook up with his brother's army when he was trapped by a ...

Charles

I'm reviving this old thread to post some comments. I just discovered and bought RoP a few weeks ago as my first AGEOD game. I have always had a weak spot for 18th century warfare, especially the seven year's war in Europe, so this was a natural buy for me. I have played a few games v. AI (103b5) an...

Charles

can someone explain exactly how this is supposed to work? I am hosting my first PBEM game of RoP 1.02. I turned on the "turn compression" option and set a password in the "Options". I followed the PBEM procedure as set out in pp. 10-11 of the manual and our game is progressing along nicely. However,...

Charles

Mitra wrote:me too I have no preferences. We can me the grand campaign. Is ok for you?

sounds great. email me at:

macv1965 (at) gmail (dot) com

and we can work out the details.

Charles

just started myself, but would be interested in a ROP game, any side or scenario.

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defending against sieges

250 years ago today...

excellent game

PBEM turn compression