Susan Navarre 🐸
@susannavarre.bsky.social
History, art history. Now in central Massachusetts but have lived all over. Exploring new ideas.trying to reflect IRL here, not only my liberal politics.
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The Peleus case, now included in naval warfare law textbooks, stands for two simple legal principles: killing shipwrecked survivors is a manifestly unlawful act, and following an illegal order to do so is no defense.
In 1945, a German U-boat captain was executed for ordering his men to open fire on shipwrecked survivors. Eighty years later, a four-star SEAL admiral faces questions for doing the same.
'Kill Everybody': Hegseth's Reported Order Echoes WWII War Crime
In 1945, a German U-boat captain was executed for ordering his men to open fire on shipwrecked survivors. Eighty years later, a four-star SEAL admiral faces questions for doing the same.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Peleus case, now included in naval warfare law textbooks, stands for two simple legal principles: killing shipwrecked survivors is a manifestly unlawful act, and following an illegal order to do so is no defense.
Reposted by Susan Navarre 🐸
For a lot more on those histories, a case study on mink coats, deep-dives into countless films both classic & under-remembered, a bravura final chapter on Capra & Disney's contrasting career arcs, & much more, check out Vaughn's book! @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Selling Out Santa
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34 th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For a lot more on those histories, a case study on mink coats, deep-dives into countless films both classic & under-remembered, a bravura final chapter on Capra & Disney's contrasting career arcs, & much more, check out Vaughn's book! @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...