Expanding the Legacy
Tag: History
5 Posts
The Dogma Fuelling the War in Ukraine
The consensus amongst Putin whisperers in the United States and Europe is that the small man at the big table may be eventually be pacified once he sees and feels the folly of his misventure in Ukraine. In this reading of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin is but an opportunist, seizing the day and the moment (and land) whenever and wherever he can. By denying Mr Putin opportunity, so the narrative continues, he will eventually cease and desist since the price of war will have become too high or even unaffordable.
Production to Resume of Catalina PBY
A warbird is rising phoenix-like from the ashes. The lumbering yet graceful Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat of World War II vintage is about to receive a full makeover and re-enter production and service. Late last month, Catalina Aircraft of Florida announced the Next Generation Amphibious Aircraft (NGAA) based on...
Francis Fukuyama on the Continuation of History
Poor Francis. History didn’t end after all. Neither did liberalism triumph over the forces of evil. Possibly one of the most misunderstood or misinterpreted books of recent times, Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man did not necessarily imply a happy ending to humankind’s convoluted narrative. Rather, Prof Fukuyama argues that, after the inglorious demise of communism, democratic liberalism remains as the only viable political edifice able to promote wellbeing, ensure freedom, and shelter diversity.
A Non-Linear Anarchist Reading of World History
The conventional reading of history postulates that humankind only embarked on a sustained and rapid trajectory of development after it shed the nomadic meanderings of prehistoric man and settled down to work the land and form communities. This first occurred in the Levant about 23,000 years ago. Here, Neolithic farmers domesticated and cultivated founder crops including barley, lentils, peas, flax, and emmer and einkorn wheat.
Russia: In Search of Lost Time
Before the shooting starts anew, let’s mention the war. Not the war we know, but the one that lives on in the often-indecipherable psyche of Russia, laced as it is with nostalgia and wounded pride. Widely recognised in the West as the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, Operation...
