I belong to the generation that fondly remembers Edwin Starr’s 1970 Motown hit, “War.” It was meaningful to our Vietnam generation because it both reflected our predominant philosophy of war (generally pacifist) and apparently justified our antipathy toward the specific American war of the age. It was most likely recorded and marketed with that zeitgeistContinue reading “War, What Is It Good For?”
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Read again, post from last month: “History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power – Wars”
History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power — Wars
Published November 6, 2017 in Warp & Woof History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power – Wars And, How Morbid the Fascination William Sundwick Why So Fascinating? Power is an intriguing study. It’s not an overstatement to say that history is all about exploring the exercise of power by different peoples in different times. Politics isContinue reading “History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power — Wars”