History’s Warrior Women
Happy (belated) New Year! I’m ready to celebrate with a blog about history’s warrior women. Naturally, there are more warrior women throughout history than will be listed here. This blog seeks to highlight the military and martial accomplishments of women throughout history who have captured the imagination of the public past and present. Boudicca Boudicca…
World War II Series (Part Four): The Impact of Communism
Throughout this discussion, a great, red elephant has been standing in the room. Communism. This blog has touched on this topic numerous times throughout the discussion of World War II. A previous blog post went into details about the ideology of communism and socialism, and how these gave rise to fascism. A fear of communism…
World War II Series (Part Three): The Impotent Emperor Hirohito
Succumbing to the global fear of communism, Japan signed the anti-communist agreement with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It is important to note, however, that while Japan was nationalist, it was never fascist. (Despite having fascist organizations.) Hirohito was also never a dictator or an authoritarian monarch. He was a constitutional monarch and held a…
The Sapphic Academic 