It’s often said that it feels like we, in the third decade of the 21st century, live in an ‘Orwellian’ age. Our likenesses and movements are captured by omnipresent CCTV cameras; our innermost ...
The earliest-known visible evidence of mass conflict between humans extends deep into the Mesolithic, around 13,400 years ago. Like it or not, warfare has been a part of the development of human ...
In order to keep the ruthless war machine that was the Roman army going, discipline was paramount. Penalising severe offences, such as desertion and mutiny, required a particularly brutal form of ...
Why did Martin Luther King feel moved to deliver his legendary 'I have a dream' speech in 1963? Martin Luther King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech towards the close of the March on Washington on 28 ...