Tag: history

• How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America

  March 3, 2020

  The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States Haskell… more ›

• Patrick Buisson : 1940-1945 années érotiques

  February 11, 2020

  Dans une pièce de la Cité internationale universitaire de Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement, Olivier BARROT reçoit Patrick BUISSON pour son livre “1940-1945 années érotiques”, enquête sur la vie sexuelle… more ›

• The Navy wants lasers to shoot down drones and missiles, but its ships lack the power to fire them

  December 8, 2019

  The Navy is scared to death that rival countries like China, Russia and Iran might sink its multibillion dollar surface ships with powerful cruise missiles and waves of cheap drones.… more ›

• Documenting American segregation at the Berlin Wall

  November 9, 2019

  On August 13, 1961, East German forces closed the borders of East Berlin and encircled the allied sectors of the city’s western half. Two weeks later, American photographer Leonard Freed… more ›

• How colonial rule committed Africa to fragile authoritarianism

  November 4, 2019

  The impact of colonial rule on sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the subject of intense debate and controversy. Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure… more ›

• The Cruelty Is the Point

  October 27, 2019

  The Museum of African-American History and Culture is in part a catalog of cruelty. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ more ›

• How are drones shaping the future of war?

  September 3, 2019

  Drones are changing the way militaries around the world conduct their operations. Some militaries prefer drones to sending in jets or using other weapons. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/09/drones-shaping-future-war-190903174428861.html more ›

• History of 5-Eyes – explainer

  August 4, 2019

  During the second world war intelligence officers from Britain and the US would crouch over bulky radio transmitters listening in on crackling enemy exchanges. In the years since then, communications… more ›

• The horrific consequences of rubber’s toxic past

  July 24, 2019

  The black-and-white photograph shows a man, perched on the edge of a wooden deck, looking down at two objects. At first, you can’t take in what they are. In the… more ›

• The forgotten Indian inventor who dazzled London

  July 14, 2019

  His countrymen hailed him as the “Indian Edison” after the famed American inventor. International investors believed that his inventions could revolutionise the global printing industry; and he won the support… more ›