Military and Logistics

The Manichean struggle that justified a permanent global security apparatus and covert interventions.

How naval strategy and new ideologies redirected American expansionist energy overseas.

A historical exploration of America's dual identity as an exemplary 'city upon a hill' and an expanding global empire.

The evolution of the 'city upon a hill' from a Puritan ideal to a continental mandate.

Investigates failures in space, medicine, and nuclear energy driven by a lack of common sense.

Examines the military-industrial complex and the 'Zombie' projects that refuse to die.

A historical exploration of why brilliant designs lead to catastrophic failures.

Analyzes ancient and classical engineering failures where pride overrode physics.

Examining how the formal dissolution of the British Empire left intact its underlying financial, legal, and cultural frameworks that continue to shape global power dynamics.

Analyzing how industrial technology and racialized ideologies enabled Britain to systematize and justify its global imperial dominance.