By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ As we study history together, I often show documentary films to my students. When these films are about the distant past, there is a voice (or person-moderator) who walks us through the information, using whatever illustrations can be mustered. But as we get nearer to modern times the documentaries come to life: actual human action in black and white. From the late 19th … Read the rest
Content 18+ When examining war, it is essential to strip away the romanticism and nationalist fervor that so often clouds our thinking. War, when reduced to its basic components, is a highly organized system of destruction, one that operates with cold efficiency to achieve the goals of those in power. And at the heart of this system is the soldier—an individual, once rational and capable of thought, transformed into a … Read the rest
