23/11/2015, Today – BBC Radio 4
General McChrystal, who led US special forces in Iraq speaks on BBC4 about the nature of the threat posed by ISIS and how we should respond – and how not…
The French Way of War – POLITICO Magazine
The French military is highly conscious of its small size and lack of resources… Whenever possible, they try to limit the use of the military to missions for which militaries…
Gordon Adams in Foreign Policy: France Has Been No Friend to Muslims
Gordon Adams, in France Has Been No Friend to Muslims manages to make sound the 732 battle of Poitiers as only the first of many acts of aggression against Islam:…
Nie słuchaj ojca swego. Rozmowa z autorem książki “Miasta śmierci. Sąsiedzkie pogromy Żydów”|Gazeta Wyborcza
Marcin Kącki w Gazecie Wyborczej: Nie słuchaj ojca swego. Rozmowa z autorem książki “Miasta śmierci. Sąsiedzkie pogromy Żydów”
Wilfred Owen: “Anthem for Doomed Youth” 1917
Many Europeans born at the beginning of the XXth century had the privilege of participating as combatants or be civilian victims of two world wars. And still, so many people…
Eliot A. Cohen | The Full History of Israel’s Independence Movement
More than most insurgent groups in history, the “anonymous soldiers” of Hoffman’s history left behind a legacy of accomplishment, as well as of terror—a conclusion as remarkable as the story…
Robert Goodwin on 16th-century Spain|The Economist
The world’s first sovereign debt crisis and the true birth of globalisation Source: Robert Goodwin on 16th-century Spain
Europe and Middle East
Nearly all Europeans had every reason to continue reprisals and revenge, after the end of WWII in 1945. Instead, with few exceptions, people got busy rebuilding their life, getting back…
WSJ: Ancient Rome’s Bridge to Nowhere
The Wall Street Journal published a story on the ancient Roman bridge, Ponte Emilio in Rome: Ancient Rome’s Bridge to Nowhere. If you are interested in history and architecture, it’s…
Death penalty
Goggle+ post: Death penalty in the USA Nicodin Bogdan: Methods of Capital Punishment in the United States since 1887 . Such a shame you can’t choose firing squad anymore. And…