Archive for the 'empire'

• Herodotus Rising

November 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, Archaeology, classics, culture, empire, historians, historiography, history, myth, war | 7 comments

• Pipes on Russia, Barnett on Pipes

September 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, barnett, Communism, culture, economic determinism, empire, europe, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, putin, russia, siloviki, stalin, state building, state failure, strategy, theory, vladimir putin | 13 comments

• Three Short Reviews

August 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, art, authors, book, byzantium, complex systems, complexity, creativity, empire, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military history, network theory, networks, open-source, organizations, panarchy, power laws, reading, science, social networks, social science, society, synthesis, theory, Uncategorized | 2 comments

• How Rome Fell

August 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, authors, book, culture, empire, historians, history, intellectuals | 1 comment

• “Go, tell the Spartans!”

April 2nd, 2008 by zen

Posted in 300, academia, ancient history, culture, empire, europe, historians, historiography, history, myth, spartans, war | 5 comments