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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
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
Julien Freund: What is Politics? part 2
What is Politics? A translation of Qu’est-ce que la politique? By: Julien Freund Translated from the French by Luke Wolf Part 1 is available here Introduction: On Political Action The aim of this study is to define the goal of politics. As the goal of politics is specific to the essence of politics, the goal… Continue reading Julien Freund: What is Politics? part 2
The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Hamburger Hill
The Battle of Hamburger Hill took place over more than ten days, from May 10 to May 20, 1969. By the end of it all over 16,000 artillery rounds and hundreds of helicopter gunships and tactical air strikes were utilized by American forces on just a few key mountains. After the battle, the North Vietnamese… Continue reading The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Hamburger Hill
The Definitive Historical Atlas of The Cowra Breakout
The Cowra Breakout was one of the largest documented cases of mass suicide in human history. In this battle, almost a thousand Japanese prisoners of war flung themselves at their guards, attacking machine guns with sharpened steak knives and baseball bats. It was a massacre. This is the historical atlas of that battle. References Japanese… Continue reading The Definitive Historical Atlas of The Cowra Breakout
The definitive historical atlas of The Siege of Masada
The Siege of Masada was the last battle in First Roman-Jewish War. In this battle, almost a thousand zealots – Jewish rebels against Roman rule in Judea, committed suicide along with their women and children. It’s one of the largest documented cases of mass suicide in human history. This is an historical atlas of that… Continue reading The definitive historical atlas of The Siege of Masada
A Historical Atlas of Liberia
The history of Liberia begins and ends in conflict. In this historical atlas, the major themes of Liberian history are presented: from colonization to ethnic domination and from child soldiers to civil war, the history of Liberia serves as a sad testament to what happens to men’s ideals in concrete historical situations. Contemporary depiction of… Continue reading A Historical Atlas of Liberia
The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of New Market
The Battle of New Market took place on May 15, 1864. It was in this conflict that hundreds of cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, many of them children, saved the Confederate battle line. Their role in the battle has achieved legendary status in both film, literary and American history. The result of that struggle… Continue reading The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of New Market
The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Fort Fisher
The two battles at Fort Fisher saw one of the largest armadas every assembled in human history. The combined fleet bombarded the fort with more 40,000 shells, a masterpiece of technological death-dealing. This is the definitive historical atlas of those American Civil War battles. (Library of Congress). An artist’s rendering of the Union infantry assault… Continue reading The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Fort Fisher
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