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1 Feb 2010, 3:04 am by Omar Ha-Redeye
  Hall was one of only two survivors on the HMS Shannon, whose job during the Siege of Lucknow during was to breach the walls of the Shah Najaf mosque where Indian militants were holed up. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:19 am
. * 162 BC: Eleazar Maccabeus was crushed to death at the Battle of Beth-zechariah by a War elephant that he believed to be carrying Seleucid King Antiochus V; charging in to battle, Eleazar rushed underneath the elephant and thrust a spear into its belly, whereupon it fell dead on top of him * 4 BC: Herod the Great suffered from fever, intense rashes, colon pains, foot drop, inflammation of the abdomen, a putrefaction of his genitals that produced worms, convulsions, and difficulty… [read post]
26 Jun 2022, 12:28 am by Bill Henderson
  Note that I write this post during the public hearings for the January 6th Commission, which is faithfully documenting an attempted coup of the United States government that would not have been possible without a rampant populist fervor that continues to this day. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Caroline makes the crucial point that we must ultimately pay close attention to the characters and dispositions of those individuals who actually inhabit political office, whether in the legislature, executive, or judiciary, and the potential ease with which institutions can be used for nefarious purposes by those determined to do so, without ever engaging in old-fashioned coups. [read post]
23 May 2014, 11:37 am by The Book Review Editor
The army now permitted the transition to an elected civilian president—subject to repeated coup attempts by hardline officers who were averse to any concession to democracy. [read post]