Podcast EI Weekly

EI Weekly

A series of audio essays featuring our writers.

First World War Commanders looking at a battle plan. Painting by Francois Flameng (1856-1923), 1916. Army Museum, Paris.
French painter David's The Death of Socrates.
This chart is taken from the book 'Ars Magna Lucis Et Umbrae' which was published in 1646 by the Jesuit scientist and inventor, Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680).
Mongol legend Genghis Khan in combat
Russian soldiers receive instructions from their commander before entering the city Gori, during the Russo-Georgian War August 2008. Credit: Eddie Gerald / Alamy Stock Photo.