Napoleon at the Borodino Heights, by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, 1897 By Duncan Riley 3/1/2020 Murder, generally speaking, is frowned upon in polite society. Consequently, if an individual were to detonate a bomb in a crowded street, killing and wounding dozens of people, they would no doubt meet with general reproach and condemnation from all … Continue reading The Façade of Greatness: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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The Unpast by R.S. Rose
By Duncan Riley 10/9/2018 Generally, it is assumed that terror can only be practiced on a mass scale by states. R. S. Rose, in his book The Unpast: Elite Violence and Social Control in Brazil, argues that it is not only governments that commit acts of mass terror, but also elites seeking to maintain … Continue reading The Unpast by R.S. Rose
