This year I settled on W. H. Auden’s Shield of Achilles, a favorite I read often in times like these, of low-intensity, low-profile warfare.

Mr. Bobbitt discusses his book [The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History], published by Alfred A. Knopf.

The shield of Achilles, no matter how glorious in intention, is after all, an etched portrait of the horrors of war.

Bobbitt's sprawling account tackles the relationship between war, military revolution, the state, and international order. Great wars have shaped states as they evolved from monarchical to territorial ...

Homer, Iliad, Bk 18, lines 497 – 501 (my translation). You can see this scene on this copy of the shield in the Royal Collection Trust (Click on the image to zoom, and look at the 4 o’clock ...

True to Hephaistos' promise, Achilles' immortal shield is "a wonder to behold." But its actual appearance is a mystery over 2,700 years old, fueling imaginations and debates virtually since the ...

When the Vice President raises concern over the Chief Justice of India’s role in appointing the CBI Director, he touches not ...

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