Archive - Polemology Positions

'Burglar's Plan': Storming The Fort Hill Crater

Poliorcetic art from Vicksburg, 1863 - repost

May 16

How Cassava Conquered The Americas

A military history of the South American maize

May 14

Truth Is The First Casualty Of Peace

My inevitable take on the Indo-Pak dustup

May 12

US Supreme Court Lets The Trump Transgender Service Ban Proceed

And the political project of 'gender identity' is flagging

May 8

The State Of Russia's War In Ukraine

The very state of it

May 6

Hazardous Histories: Twelve Battleships Destroyed By Internal Explosions

On ammunition safety and Murphy's Law (REPOST)

May 5

In the Midst of What Should Be a Reckoning, Democrats Resurrect the Equality Act

Otherwise known as: Have you learned nothing?

Published on BROADview • May 1

April 2025

Forgotten Sunrise: Shiv Kunal Verma's Epic History of the Second Kashmir War

An old book review reposted for our times

Apr 30

The Politics Of Peace

Trump faces the limits of his approach to Russia

Apr 28

Corinth: The Mississippi Crossroads Where The Confederate Cause Was Lost

Third essay in a series interpreting the 1862 Union campaign in the West

Apr 22

Modernity: A Motte-and-Bailey Argument

On the taming of the European aristocrat (REPOST)

Apr 21

Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan Ends In Disappointment, Phony Putin Ceasfire

Behold the limits of brand transactionalism

Apr 20

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