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Rules of a different type of war Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam John A. Nagl INTRODUCTION There are two powerful ideas which I am constantly trying to place before my students. The first...
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“The Lion King” and Its Message of Social Darwinism
A Cultural Critic Sees Undertones of Fascism in the Popular Story Dan Hassler-Forest Introduction In this smart, provocative article and interview, cultural critic Dan Hassler-Forest warns us that loaded images and ideas may lurk... ...
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The Heart of the Space-Based Franchise Lies in Civics Alexander Maxwell Editor’s Introduction Without some form of government, we are stuck in Thomas Hobbes’ hellish state of nature, ‘the war of all against all.’... ...
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Imperialism in the “Tarzan” Franchise
Anna Kozak What the King of the Jungle Reveals About Us Editor’s Introduction What we call “Tarzan” is a sprawling collection, or mini-industry, of stories. The original Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure novel, “Tarzan... ...
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Empire and Higher Education in Nnedi Okorafor’s “Binti”
Breaking Colonial Conventions, Confronting Past and Future by Amanda Lagji Editor’s Introduction “The Empire Writes Back” is a powerful concept. It is a phrase coined by Salman Rushdie in a magazine article and then... ...
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We all tend to see what we want to see -- in ourselves, in our friends, in our culture, and in other cultures. In his dissertation, Jens-Uwe Guettel takes a penetrating look at how Germany viewed ...
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Dracula as a Foretelling of WWI
With the 1897 publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the English were exposed to a terrifying Gothic novel that expressed the fears of the age: Questions of invasion, identity, and war were entangled in a dramatic story about vampires feeding on women and ...
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The unintended consequences of war—both good and bad—are fascinating to my students. My cadets always engage with lesson plans on the technology that came out of World War II, for example, or the packs of wild dogs in Vietnam which are the descendants of U.S. canine corps from the late 1960’s, or the marine ...
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It is easy to forget what a cultural sensation technology can produce – and perhaps no instance was greater than that of the Gatling gun. ...
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