The End of War Poetry
Among literary forms, war poetry is unusual for having enjoyed a universally acknowledged and tightly defined golden age.
Simon Evans
· 9 min read
war
A collection of 23 posts
Vladimir Putin’s Medieval Mindset
In 1338, the story has it, a notorious French exile named Robert of Artois strutted into the London palace of King Edward III, bearing a stuffed heron on a silver platter. “Clear the way, you miserable failures,” he said to the assembled lords. “I have a heron … the most cowardly
Jonathan Kay
· 5 min read
Europe’s Big Bang: How Gunpowder Transformed the Medieval World
Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, was a warrior’s warrior. Hawk-nosed, ambitious, and brash, Philip had been a soldier since childhood. He was still a smooth-faced boy of 14 when he fought alongside his father, King John II of France, in the battle of Poitiers in 1356. Like King
Paul Lockhart
· 16 min read
Stopped Cold: Remembering Russia's Catastrophic 1939 Campaign Against Finland
Many Finnish soldiers felt pity for their opponents, prodded into battle by merciless commissars.
Sean McMeekin
· 13 min read
The Delusions of Crowds—A Review
Published in 1841, Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is as amusing a survey of human folly as has ever been written.
Clayton Trutor
· 8 min read
The Iraq War Was Not About Oil
American oil companies didn’t want to topple Saddam Hussein; they wanted to trade with him.
Tal Tyagi
· 11 min read
The Plight of Pitch Wars
In 2019, though, it turns out that yes, you’re entitled to a book deal—as long as you collect enough marginalization points.
J. Avery
· 6 min read
The Next War Will Be an Information War, and We're Not Ready For It
Information warfare combines electronic warfare, cyberwarfare and psy-ops (psychological operations) into a single fighting organisation, and this will be central to all warfare in the future.
David Stupples
· 5 min read