Man made warming. or cooling. Or something. Interesting piece of history though.
Hard to imagine doing logistics without sophisticated computers or airlifts.
The rest of the content is behind his subscription link. Disappointed.
George W Bush, of course.
Upon the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.
"Mobilisation Order by Emperor Haile Selassie - Abyssinia 1936
' Everyone will now be mobilised and all boys old enough to carry a spear will be sent to Addis Ababa '
' Married men will take their wives to carry food and to cook. Those without wives will take a woman without a husband. Women with small babies need not go '
' The blind, those who cannot walk, or for any reason cannot carry a spear, are exempted.'
' Any one found at home after receipt of this order will be hanged.'
Here is a .pdf version of the same history via Princeton.
http://www.press.princeton.edu/chapters/p10185.pdf