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Relationship Between International Law & Morality
In the Zuo Zhuan, China’s earliest surviving historical text, one can see the emergence of Chinese cultural consciousness about how to organize an “international political system,” i… more →
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Relationship Between International Law & Morality
William deB. Mills wrote 5 months ago: In the Zuo Zhuan, China’s earliest surviving historical text, one can see the emergence of Chi … more →
Self-Inflicted Wounds
William deB. Mills wrote 8 months ago: After vanquishing its external foes, the late Roman republic had every reason to be satisfied with i … more →
Trusting Lackeys
William deB. Mills wrote 1 year ago: At one point during Julius Caesar’s Gallic campaign, when the Aeduan tribe was allied with Rom … more →
Peace, Freedom...& Responsibility
William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: “Down to the destruction of Carthage, the people and Senate shared the government peaceably an … more →
Slippery Slope: Government Undermining of Civil Liberties
William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: “Clematius, an utterly innocent man, was put to death without being allowed to open his mouth … more →
Leadership
William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: Commenting on the Tsarist military leadership in August 1914, Solzhenitsyn in August 1914, p. 508 (G … more →
de Mailla's Translation of Zhu Xi's History of China
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William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: The only Chinese history between the end of the Han and the Manchu era translated into a modern Euro … more →
Zizhi Tongjian in Modern Chinese
William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: The prolific Taiwanese author Bo Yang evidently translated Sima Guang’s 12th century history, … more →
Notes on Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian
William deB. Mills wrote 2 years ago: Following are a few websites that have useful information on Sima Guang’s Zizhi Tongjian:* www … more →
