War and Technology
War and technology have always been linked very closely. Indeed, without technology, there would probably have been no war....
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
War and Technology
A nation must think before it acts.
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Teaching Military History—Why and How: A History Institute for Teachers
FPRI Senior Fellow Jeremy Black of the University of Exeter addressed the frequent criticism that teaching military history somehow encourages bellicosity....
War and the East
Teaching East Asian, South Asian or Middle Eastern military history permits students to explore the rich potential areas of...
Why Teach Military History?
The usual criticism against the teaching of military history is that it in some way encourages bellicosity, that it...
Living Without Freedom: A History Institute for Teachers
The Soviet Gulag David Satter, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, explained how the...
The Social Dimensions of the U.S. Civil War
In 1989 an article appeared in the Journal of American History that asked rhetorically, “Have Social Historians Lost the...
The Soviet Gulag
Not all the mechanisms of repression in unfree societies are violent. People can be conditioned to obey, and once...
Freedom: The History of an Idea
We live in a moment that is as critical for freedom as the American Revolution, the American Civil War,...
Living Without Freedom in China
It’s not easy for American students to know what it means to live without freedom. They know all the...
The Cultural Revolution and Beyond
Losing freedom is a painful thing. But exactly how painful it is can vary. For the average child, not...