If I were to ask you to think of an image relating to the Vietnam War, I am sure most people will conjure the famous image of the young girl running naked towards the camera; or perhaps the Saigon execution, or even the photo of the burning monk. But there’s another photo from Vietnam that deserves our attention – one that I can’t believe I hadn’t seen until just recently. Continue reading
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TTAC21, Deterrence and Tour 365
It’s been a busy few months here in Lancaster. I’ve been making good headway with my thesis and am now underway on my second chapter, looking at State surveillance and control in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and The Dispossessed. Continue reading
The Darwin dilemma: on greatness, and the game of chance
I recently had the pleasure to take a trip to the home of Charles Darwin, Down House, a lovely residence near Orpington in Kent. In the first of my research blogs series, I would like to take a closer at the life of Darwin the man, and what the extraordinary circumstances of Darwin’s rise to greatness tells us about the world we live in. Continue reading