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But he does not feel the need to stick to any kind of rigid posting schedule.

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Cold War Deception Coming Undone discusses alleged maneuvers that the British undertook under Margaret Thatcher intended on tricking the Swedish, and the rest of the world, into thinking that the Soviets were more aggressive than they really were.  The content is pretty relevant to my blog because it deals with military intelligence and deception in recent history.  The second blog is Hitler’s Lost Fleet. This blog entry deals with the recent discovery of some lost German warships from World War II.  It is an interesting historical tidbit - although I don’t know how much it relates to my blog.

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Honestly, I don’t think that I am going to find a blog that exactly duplicates the intent/content of my blog simply because I have a pretty unique focus.  But this blog does deal with U.S. history analysis, with a particular focus on military history.  The purpose of this blog seems to be to draw parallels between historical and current events.  In a somewhat broad, this does mirror the purpose of my blog.

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represent any actual history professor or academic institution.  This is not exactly the Harvard history blog.  That being said , the assumption from many of the posts is that the information being used is grounded in legitimate academic research.  The presence of certain advertisements and partisan logos do detract from the academic aura of the blog.  In terms of post length, Sauerwein’s average entries are pretty hefty.  Because of the nature of the content - and the scholarly attitude that the tries to portray - short, choppy posts would not necessarily work for him. 

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professional academic.  The blog would not attract professionals in the field, but rather amatuers that are interested in military history. 

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I hope that I will be able to refer to this blog somewhat when writing my own.  In a broad sense, it will be helpful to look at how Sauerwein weaves historical conclusions into present day topics while still keeping it interesting.  But there will definitely be stark differences between my blog and his blog.  In fact, there will be much more that the two blogs do NOT have in common compared to what they DO have in common.  It was useful, however, to read the blog and see the vantage point he wrote from - and the purpose behind the blog.  Realistically I will not refer to this blog that often but I feel better prepared to write my own after seeing Sauerwein’s blog postings. 

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