Aerial view of the CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the United States’ premier intelligence organization, has…

Does The Warrior Still Exist? by Donavon L Riley Until recently, it was typical for societies to exalt the warrior…

The OSS Gallery at the CIA Museum at the George Bush Center for Intelligence, Virginia. All warfare is based on…

Statue of Fabius Cunctator (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus), Schönbrunn gardens, Vienna. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, also known as Cunctator, meaning…

Santa Catalina Island satellite image. In the annals of World War II history, the role of the Office of Strategic…

The Digital Devil at the Heart of the Machine by Donavon L Riley What if the power and authority of…

Members of the Maquis in La Trésorerie (a hamlet part of Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France). 14 September 1944. Donald I.…

Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, is often referred to as the…

“Alcibiades Receiving Instruction from Socrates”, a 1776 painting by François-André Vincent, depicting Socrates’s daimon. Socrates, born around 470 BC in…

Samurai in Armour, hand-colored albumen silver print by Kusakabe Kimbei. 1860s. J. Paul Getty Museum (object no. 84.XA.700.4.58), digital image…