Friday - July 13, 2012
IHS 2012 Lecture: War and the Growth of the State
Here are some of the key slides from my lecture. They are in image format. The entire lecture overhead and other resources can be found here.
THE TITLE PAGE WITH PICASSO'S GUERNICA (1937)
A SUMMARY OF SOME KEY POINTS
TWO PHASES IN THE GROWTH OF THE STATE: WARFARE AND THEN WELFARE
DUERER'S FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
TWO FILMS ABOUT ROVING BANDITS AND PRIVATE DEFENCE
A POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE
GILLRAY'S CARTOON OF WILLIAM PITT TRYING TO SEDUCE THE BANK OF ENGLAND WHORE TO GET WAR LOANS
RICHARD COBDEN'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH (1846)
SOME GRAPHS AND TABLES ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZED KILLING
WAR PROPAGANDA