Military is the armed forces of a given country.

Sparta Was a Socialist State


Sparta can be described as a constitutional nationalist socialist state with an oligarchical republican government where societal roles were based on hereditary class.

James Monroe Wrote the Monroe Doctrine


Monroe Doctrine

One might assume James Monroe wrote the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, but its primary author was future-President and then secretary-of-state John Quincy Adams.

Frankenstein Can be Read as a Political Metaphor


Frankenstein Political Metaphor

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) can be read as a political metaphor where Dr. Frankenstein and his monster represent the philosophies and attitudes of the liberal revolutionaries, specifically those of the French Revolution and ensuing “Reign of Terror.”

Communism and Fascism are Different


Comparing Fascism and Communism

Both Communism and Fascism can be similar in practice in their authoritative forms, but the two are very different ideologically.