tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8281766040197373173..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: A Higher Form of Killing reviewed by David F. Beersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-75284698961129838202016-04-05T16:21:52.586-07:002016-04-05T16:21:52.586-07:00Excellent. Preston shows that no matter how civil...Excellent. Preston shows that no matter how civilized humans get they still make war in the same ghastly way as they did in the 30 Years War. I look forward to exploring this work. CheersMKihntopfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-51675821835743024632016-04-05T12:19:02.393-07:002016-04-05T12:19:02.393-07:00Which makes Haber one of the most astonishing figu...Which makes Haber one of the most astonishing figures of the 20th century.<br /><br />Great review, David. Looking forward to this.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82329814497476870152016-04-05T12:03:56.085-07:002016-04-05T12:03:56.085-07:00Haber's Nobel Prize was for the Haber-Bosch pr...Haber's Nobel Prize was for the Haber-Bosch process for synthesizing ammonia, which Haber achieved in 1909, before his poison gas work. The Haber-Bosch Process was critically important to the First World War because it enabled Germany to produce virtually unlimited quantities of both explosives and fertilizer. For better or worse, today over half of the food grown in the world relies on Jim Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340069966081400997noreply@blogger.com