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China's indoctrination in state elementary schools (and beyond) is a worthy subject of study, and was recently explored in a three-part series looking at Chinese history books.

“High Imperial Aesthetics” turned foreign policy into a language for everyday life and depoliticized the spread of American empire.

Amid soaring tensions between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan is pursuing a major army restructuring effort. Taiwanese officials announced earlier this month that the Army’s command structure is being overhauled to facilitate joint operations between its services, as reported by Defense News. The restructuring will likewise empower regional commanders to make operational decisions in the event of a conflict, with the Army’s various defense commands being rebranded as distinct “combat theater ...

Taiwan unveils Army restructure aimed at decentralizing military 2 hours ago Taiwanese soldiers stay behind armed vehicles during a drill at the Hsinchu military base on Jan. 19, 2021. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE, Australia — Taiwan will reorganize its Army’s command structure to emphasize joint operations between its services and give regional commanders more operational flexibility in the event of a conflict, the country’s defense minister told lawmakers. The reorgani...

(May 14, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, Commonwealth forces in North Africa launched a limited offensive against Erwin Rommel’s Axis forces. Before delving into the particulars of that operation, let’s reacquaint ourselves with the history. Libya was an Italian colony, and had been so since the Kingdom of Italy wrested it from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. It was bordered on the west and south by the French colonies of Tunisia, Algeria and modern-day Chad and Niger. It was bordered on t...

(Feb. 5, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, Commonwealth Forces completed the destruction of the remnants of the Italian Tenth Army at Beda Fomm in Libya. Beda Fomm, is in the province of Cyrenaica, which is the eastern most of the three Libyan provinces, and borders on Egypt in the east. Beda Fomm was near the coast in the west of the province, east of the Gulf of Sirte and south of Jebel Akhdar, which was a raised area with plenty of water and vegetation. By this time, the Tenth Army had been dri...

The First Deadly Round of Fighting at the Battle of Monte Cassino During the first of four bloody attempts to take Monte Cassino and the town that occupied its slope, the Allied Fifth Army was repulsed. Heres What You Need to Know: The First Battle of Cassino would be a failure for the Allies. By December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing nor...