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• History

  Contrasted Revolutions in South-East Asia

  15 June 2021, by SCHÄFER Saskia

  The standardized designation ‘Southeast Asia’—two words, un-hyphenated, capitalized—originated in the Pacific War. The Allies divided the world into warzones. Mountbatten’s South East Asia Command (seac) comprised most of what was to be wrested from Japan that was not already in the China theatre or (...)

• History

  The Racial and Genocidal Underpinnings of the American Way of War

  6 July 2020, by BELLO Walden

  The US military command’s pushback against President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the military against people demanding racial justice has received a lot of good press. But let’s not overdo the praise. For most of their existence, the Armed Forces were racially segregated, and it was only in (...)

• History

  Philippines: How to make a damning documentary about a world-class liar

  14 November 2019, by GREENFIELD Lauren, WILKINSON Alissa

  The Kingmaker director Lauren Greenfield talks about her revealing Imelda Marcos documentary.
  Lauren Greenfield has built a career partly on chronicling excess. In films like The Queen of Versailles (2012) and Generation Wealth (2018), the documentarian explores the fabulous, over-the-top (...)