This is part two of an ongoing series providing an exhaustive history of torture. All forms of torture, including forms never detailed in any other history of torture, will be covered in this series. Come and hear the way men share their love for one another. It’s all here and it’s all free on Battlecast… Continue reading A History of Torture: Roman, Christian and South American /// 96
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An Universal Institution: The Definitive History of Torture /// 95
“Torture was legal, morally accepted, and commonplace in most ancient, medieval, and early modern societies.” This was the way historian Christopher Einolf succinctly described the history of torture: ubiquitous, common; in short: everywhere. Torture is a sort “reverse” gospel – as it is written in Il Libro Dell’avversario, chapter 6: And when the wealthy governors… Continue reading An Universal Institution: The Definitive History of Torture /// 95
The Historical Atlas of Torture
Torture. It’s a universal institution of almost all mankind. As Carl Schmitt notes, the story of Cain and Abel, which is accepted by Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, is a story that demonstrates the inherit conflictual nature of humanity (Schmitt, 2017). Right from the beginning, death and pain were embedded into our closest relationships. Our most… Continue reading The Historical Atlas of Torture
The Battle of Takur Ghar /// 94
The Battle of Takur Ghar, also known as the Battle of Robert’s Ridge, was one of the bloodiest engagements in the history of the United States’ war in Afghanistan. Dozens of men died in the hills and mountains of the Shahi-Kot Valley. Scores more were wounded. The battle also featured one of the first documented… Continue reading The Battle of Takur Ghar /// 94
A Historical Atlas of the Battle of Takur Ghar
The Battle of Takur Ghar was one of the bloodiest battles in the long history of the American occupation of Afghanistan. It is also saw one of the first recorded uses of drones as strike weapons in the history of warfare. This is the historical atlas of that battle. Battle of Takur Ghar References Frontline.… Continue reading A Historical Atlas of the Battle of Takur Ghar
Update on Battlecast Service Interruption
Dear Listeners, In the last few days, Battlecast has experienced an interruption in service due to an attack on our hosting service. The next episode will be posted on time. There may be problems with the service you use to access the show but we will troubleshoot access after the next episode is posted. The… Continue reading Update on Battlecast Service Interruption
What is Power? The Language of Power
Editor’s note: In this excerpt from the book What is Power? Luke Wolf reviews the conceptual definitions of power in Hindi, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Urdu, Russian, and Japanese. Together, the languages considered in this article embrace more than 3,454,545,200 speakers, outnumbering English speakers by 1,998,096,880 individuals. The essay seeks to supplement and extend our… Continue reading What is Power? The Language of Power
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Military History /// 93
Thousands of drone strikes have killed tens of thousands of targets since the introduction of unmanned aerial vehicle warfare in the early 2000s. This is the story of that warfare. It’s all free and it’s all here on Battlecast – the world’s foremost podcast on war and its sociopolitical impact. Download episode 93 here: download… Continue reading Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Military History /// 93
Drones: A Military History /// 92
A man is sitting on his porch before he suddenly geysers upward, somersaulting through the air like a discarded plaything. A work truck is cruising across the Gaza Strip at fifty-miles-an-hour and then is suddenly crushed like a coke can and engulfed in flames. Scores of mass-produced Turkish drones flood the Armenian sky, raining death… Continue reading Drones: A Military History /// 92
The Definitive Historical Atlas of Drone Warfare
It’s the cutting edge of postmodern warfare; science fiction bursting from the pages of our literature and into the laps of our enemies. Electric eyes watching us, monitoring us, documenting us. Men murdering other men from thousands of miles away. It’s drone warfare. This is the definitive historical atlas of that warfare. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles… Continue reading The Definitive Historical Atlas of Drone Warfare
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