On Friday, January 3, police officers attempted to arrest suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. The police entered the grounds of the president’s residence where they were met by armed soldiers loyal to President Suk Yeol. The two groups clashed. The BBC reports (Mackenzie, 2025): As dawn broke, the first officers ran up to… Continue reading The Moment of Decision in Korea: A Case Study of Power
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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
A Military History of The Liberian Civil War /// 87
Anarchy. Cannibalism. Disorder. These are adjectives, empty words, that we use to try, however futilely, to describe the total pain, the uprooted lives, the destroyed families, the ethnic cleansing that have taken place throughout human history. In this episode of Battlecast, we will tear our thesaurus in half looking up synonyms for torture and bloodshed,… Continue reading A Military History of The Liberian Civil War /// 87
A Military History of Liberia /// 86
This podcast is a complete history of violence in the small African nation of Liberia. This is part two of an ongoing series. You can find part one here: A Military History of Liberia part one. Download episode 86 here: download link Maps and Images: Extensive maps and images are posted to the historical atlas… Continue reading A Military History of Liberia /// 86
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