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My doctoral dissertation examines the experiences of the Italian volunteers in the Waffen-SS troops using in-depth interviews with former volunteers as the main primary source. This phenomenon, even if significant in size (depending on... more
This report reviews and categorizes the enormous corpus of knowledge produced by American academic and policy institutions about U.S. relations with the Middle East and other Islamic actors in the international arena. The report... more
This special issue addresses the possible connections and mutual benefits of examining together two analytic concepts – memory and periphery. These concepts receive much attention in various scholarly discussions, yet they have done so... more
published in Hamish Scott ed., The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750, 2 vols. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 612-637.
This paper seeks to synthesize descriptions of Roman infantry in the literary sources, in particular Polybius 18.30, with visual depictions of Roman soldiers in combat and on parade. Arguing that select visual representations of Roman... more
Historians usually acknowledge the Ottomans’ successful early adoption of firearms, and some even term them a “gunpowder empire,” suggesting that firearms played a crucial role in the Ottoman wars of emergence. However, others maintain... more
Resumen Se aborda el fenómeno del individualismo contemporáneo, las transformaciones de la intimidad y la fragilidad de los vínculos humanos. Se muestra cómo las sociedades telemáticas dan lugar a nuevas formas de fuga y ausencia del... more
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The most original and shocking interpretation of Lucretius in the last 40 years. Thomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows... more
The appearance of the brailed rig and loose–footed sail at the end of the Late Bronze Age revolutionized seafaring in the eastern Mediterranean. The most famous early appearance of this new technology is found in history’s first visual... more
This most recent edition of the bibliography contains almost 21,200 titles in English (64%) and French (36%), with an introductory section on historiography. It deals with every aspect of Italian history and culture from the Late... more
The Legacy of Iraq critically reflects on the abject failure of the 2003 intervention to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy, underpinned by free-market capitalism, its citizens free to live in peace and prosperity. It argues that mistakes... more
This is an updated pdf edition of the second edition of my book on the battle of Hastings published in 2003 and now out of print. It is regarded, at least by some, as the definitive academic treatment of the battle.
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Ever since Edward Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, barbarian migrations have loomed large in popular perceptions and scholarly discus-sions concerning ‘the Fall of Rome’. In particular, the arrival of Gothic... more
https://journalistethics.com/ Download free at this link. This publication is about the Deep State and pursues four core objectives. This book: • Defines the notion of the so-called ‘Deep State’; • Outlines 101 tools that the Deep... more
The Roman imperial army recorded the name and origin of each and every soldier in lists. The few surviving scraps of such lists as well as a significant number of inscriptions on stone and bronze (including military diplomas) provide a... more
Explores the combined social impacts of cold or militarism, neoliberal economic restructuring, and the onset of anthropogenic climate change.
NOW OUT OF PRINT Title: Prussian Napoleonic Landwehr Infantry and Cavalry 1813-15: Landsturm, Volunteer Cavalry and Streifkorps Publisher: Partizan Press Pages: 224 pages and over 380 colour illustrations. This is the... more
Ogni nazione con delle forze armate oppure di polizia organizzate possiede al suo interno dei corpi speciali, meglio organizzati, meglio equipaggiati o comunque considerati d’élite oppure special force...
The chapter examines the democratic mechanisms of governance evident in the various civilizations of Ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq). The chapter draws on examples from extant literature such as the earliest myths and legends, through the... more
Though Odysseus’ tales to Eumaios and Aninoos in Odyssey 14.199–359 and 17.417–44, respectively, are presented as fictional tales within Homer’s larger myth, some elements have striking analogs in Late Bronze–Early Iron Age reality.... more
This dissertation examines the military and social roles of centurions in the Roman legions during the Republic and Principate. It combines textual accounts of centurions from such authors as Caesar, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio, as well as... more
Augustus, it is generally held, reshaped the auxilia of the Roman army by replacing the traditional auxiliary forces by newly established, standardised and permanent formations named alae, cohortes, and cohortes equitatae. Together with... more
La evolución y antecedentes de la constitución institucional de los estados mayores desde la antigüedad hasta los dos primeros modelos, el napoleónico y el prusiano.
The paper provides a detailed theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between contingency and necessity, and applies it to major schools of thought in the social sciences. Key words: social theory; cultural theory;... more