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Violence in the Caucasus
Caucasia is a unique and unusual region. Straddling the Caucasus Mountains, nestled between Russia, Turkey, and Iran, the region is home to many ancient competing ethnic and religious groups. This...
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Cluster Bombs
Cluster bombs have been in use since the Second World War, but have developed into formidable weapons through years of technical and tactical refinement. But like other many other weapons, cluster...
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Napoleon III and the Fall of an Empire
Electoral maps use simple colors and shapes to illustrate voter preference. But by their very nature this simplicity belies a complex story of the class struggle, self interest, power, ideology, and...
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Hannibal Crosses the Alps
Charles Joseph Minard’s most famous work, a chart of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, immediately impresses the observer with the magnitude of Napoleon’s losses. The quickest of glances shows the...
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Mondays with Minard: Cotton and Wool Comparisons
During the Civil War, the Confederacy attempted to use “Cotton Diplomacy” to force Europe’s major industrial nations to enter the war. The strategy was simple–British and French textile mills depended...
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