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Adam Smith and the Countess of Boufflers
(Author’s note: below is Part 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris.) I never saw so much wit, grace, and beauty united in one person. Mme de Boufflers, at the age of thirty, … Continue reading
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A provocative Parisian pamphlet
(Author’s note: below is Part 3 of 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s first visit to Paris.) The pamphlet, Richesses de l’etat, took Paris by storm and stirred up an enormous debate about royal finances. (Darnton … Continue reading
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*Smith in the City* update
I forgot to mention that I have been making some substantial revisions to my paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights”. Below is my revised introduction: The general outline of Adam Smith’s grand tour has been retold many times, … Continue reading
Das Adam Smith Metaproblem?
I presented Die Adam Smith Probleme — a burgeoning work-in-progress that I have co-authored with Salim Rashid, who wrote The Myth of Adam Smith (available here) — at a special joint session of the History of Economics Society (HES) and … Continue reading
Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Last Stand of Girón
This is the last installment of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. “The last battle had an epic quality all the more tragic because it was … Continue reading
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Tagged bay-of-pigs, brigade-2506, Cuba, family-history, History, military-history
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Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Road with No Name
This is the penultimate or next-to-last installment of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. Tuesday, 18 April (D-Day +1) The brave men of the Brigade were … Continue reading
Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Battle of the Rotunda
This is part 3 of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. End of Invasion Day (Night of 17 April) and Start of Invasion Day Two (Late … Continue reading
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Tagged bay-of-pigs, brigade-2506, Cuba, History, military-history
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Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Beachhead
This is part 2 of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. Invasion Day, Afternoon of 17 April As I mentioned in my previous post, the Sixth … Continue reading
Ode to the Sixth Battalion: Pre-invasion Preparations and Landing at Playa Girón
As I have mentioned previously, I recently discovered that my late father, Francisco Guerra, was a veteran of the legendary Brigada de Asalto 2506. He joined the Brigade in early 1961 at the age of 18, was assigned serial number … Continue reading
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Homenaje a la Brigada 2506
As I have mentioned in some of my previous posts (see here, here, and here), I recently learned that my late father, Francisco Guerra, was a veteran of the legendary Brigada de Asalto 2506, an idealistic group of mostly young … Continue reading
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