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Brilliant piece, and really enjoyed your perspective on the mechanized slaughter of WWI—it doesn't get near enough consideration, given what it represented and what it was to bring.

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Loved it.

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would just like to suggest two books , virginia postrel and george macdonald fraser. cover a mass of your stuff. also geo. macd. f. covers burma up-close and personal.

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Will check them out! thanks for the recommendation!

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I thought 35mm film had about the same effective resolution as a 1080p HD digital camera?

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Never mind, I'm wrong. 35mm is actually more comparable to 4K resolution (it's been estimated at about 5600 x 3620), although you need to be not too far away from a big enough screen to notice the difference between 4K and 1080p anyway...

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Interesting.

Great minds think alike. I briefly tackled this recently, but from the angle of language & authenticity rather than apparel.

https://redbeardtheruthful.substack.com/p/the-nonsense-of-authenticity

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