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The NILI spy network and the Balfour Declaration
Avshalom Feinberg and Sarah Aaronsohn after his release from Ottoman imprisonment, January 1916. Unknown author. Public domain.
Last week I mentioned I have a lot of additional reading to do.
Turns out I’ve barely had time to read this we...
Closing a gap between 1917 and 1920
The S.S. Ruslan as it passed through Istanbul, December 1919. Public domain.
On December 19, 1919, the S.S. Ruslan, a ship that had left from Odessa, docked at Jaffa with approximately 670 passengers on board, several of them prominent Zio...
Why hadn't we heard these stories before?
Austro-Hungarian Field Marshall Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, August 1, 1914. Public domain.
In last week’s post,
I mentioned as an aside that why I’ve never heard any of these stories being told by An-Sky was probably an interesting...
Life of Pi, and the challenge of reading An-Sky's WWI memoir
The Russians march out of Lemberg with trophies on June 22, 1915. Unknown creator. Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
One of my favorite novels of recent decades is Life of Pi by Yann Martel, whose central theme seems to be—sp...
Decision point: reflect on WWI atrocities, or attend roller derby tournament?
I’ve been tuning in almost daily to the Malcolm Nance/Black Man Spy “warcast,” co-hosted by Jacob Kaarsbo and Wajeeh Lion. Malcolm routinely reminds us to go out and enjoy the day once in a while, and today I took him up on it. In lieu of f...
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Former intelligence oversight officer, now examining the historical intersection of colonialism and national security. A little obsessed with the Westphalian nation-state construct and its limitations.
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