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Dr. Tomasz Sommer discussed "The Polish Operation of the NKVD: New Findings" at the Seventh Annual Kosciuszko Chair Lecture at The Institute of World Politics on November 8, 2014.

Dr. Tomasz Sommer is editor-in-chief of the conservative-libertarian weekly, Najwyższy Czas!, and the author of Rozstrzelać Polaków [Shoot the Poles], the first monograph on the "Polish Operation" of the NKVD.

This conference was dedicated to the memory of the late General Walter Jajko.

Jason W. Warren Ph.D. discussed his book entitled "Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675–1676" at The Institute of World Politics on October 31, 2014.

About the book

The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay-the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in Connecticut Unscathed, this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war.

Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces-especially the powerful Narragansetts-the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere.

About the author

Major Jason W. Warren graduated West Point in 1999 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps. He served as a Platoon Leader and Logistics Officer with the 10th Military Police Battalion, 10th Mountain Division. Warren deployed his platoon in support of peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, Egypt, from July 2001 through January 2002. He then served in Germany from 2003-2005 as the Provost Marshal for Army Garrison Ansbach. From 2005-2007 he commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 95th MP Battalion in Mannheim, Germany. MAJ Warren studied military history at The Ohio State University, and returned to teach military history at West Point in 2009. OSU awarded Major Warren the Ph.D., and the Dean at West Point subsequently promoted him to Assistant Professor. Major Warren's research focuses on warfare in early colonial America. In August 2014, Oklahoma University Press will publish Major Warren's Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. Routledge also will publish his chapter on King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion in a diplomatic and military history handbook. His other academic interests include the military history of the ancient world and modern military affairs. In addition to 16 academic conference presentations, Major Warren published "Beyond Emotion: The Epidamnian Affair and Corinthian Policy, 480-421 BC" in the Ancient History Bulletin in 2003. Major Warren served as a strategist and training officer for the 3rd Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2012 through March 2013, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He currently serves as a strategist to the U.S. Army War College.

Jason W. Warren Ph.D. discussed his book entitled "Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675–1676" at The Institute of World Politics on October 31, 2014.

About the book

The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay-the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in Connecticut Unscathed, this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war.

Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces-especially the powerful Narragansetts-the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere.

About the author

Major Jason W. Warren graduated West Point in 1999 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps. He served as a Platoon Leader and Logistics Officer with the 10th Military Police Battalion, 10th Mountain Division. Warren deployed his platoon in support of peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, Egypt, from July 2001 through January 2002. He then served in Germany from 2003-2005 as the Provost Marshal for Army Garrison Ansbach. From 2005-2007 he commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 95th MP Battalion in Mannheim, Germany. MAJ Warren studied military history at The Ohio State University, and returned to teach military history at West Point in 2009. OSU awarded Major Warren the Ph.D., and the Dean at West Point subsequently promoted him to Assistant Professor. Major Warren's research focuses on warfare in early colonial America. In August 2014, Oklahoma University Press will publish Major Warren's Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. Routledge also will publish his chapter on King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion in a diplomatic and military history handbook. His other academic interests include the military history of the ancient world and modern military affairs. In addition to 16 academic conference presentations, Major Warren published "Beyond Emotion: The Epidamnian Affair and Corinthian Policy, 480-421 BC" in the Ancient History Bulletin in 2003. Major Warren served as a strategist and training officer for the 3rd Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2012 through March 2013, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He currently serves as a strategist to the U.S. Army War College.

Jason W. Warren Ph.D. discussed his book entitled "Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675–1676" at The Institute of World Politics on October 31, 2014.

About the book

The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay-the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in Connecticut Unscathed, this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war.

Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces-especially the powerful Narragansetts-the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere.

About the author

Major Jason W. Warren graduated West Point in 1999 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps. He served as a Platoon Leader and Logistics Officer with the 10th Military Police Battalion, 10th Mountain Division. Warren deployed his platoon in support of peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, Egypt, from July 2001 through January 2002. He then served in Germany from 2003-2005 as the Provost Marshal for Army Garrison Ansbach. From 2005-2007 he commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 95th MP Battalion in Mannheim, Germany. MAJ Warren studied military history at The Ohio State University, and returned to teach military history at West Point in 2009. OSU awarded Major Warren the Ph.D., and the Dean at West Point subsequently promoted him to Assistant Professor. Major Warren's research focuses on warfare in early colonial America. In August 2014, Oklahoma University Press will publish Major Warren's Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. Routledge also will publish his chapter on King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion in a diplomatic and military history handbook. His other academic interests include the military history of the ancient world and modern military affairs. In addition to 16 academic conference presentations, Major Warren published "Beyond Emotion: The Epidamnian Affair and Corinthian Policy, 480-421 BC" in the Ancient History Bulletin in 2003. Major Warren served as a strategist and training officer for the 3rd Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2012 through March 2013, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He currently serves as a strategist to the U.S. Army War College.

Jason W. Warren Ph.D. discussed his book entitled "Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675–1676" at The Institute of World Politics on October 31, 2014.

About the book

The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay-the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in Connecticut Unscathed, this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war.

Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces-especially the powerful Narragansetts-the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere.

About the author

Major Jason W. Warren graduated West Point in 1999 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps. He served as a Platoon Leader and Logistics Officer with the 10th Military Police Battalion, 10th Mountain Division. Warren deployed his platoon in support of peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, Egypt, from July 2001 through January 2002. He then served in Germany from 2003-2005 as the Provost Marshal for Army Garrison Ansbach. From 2005-2007 he commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 95th MP Battalion in Mannheim, Germany. MAJ Warren studied military history at The Ohio State University, and returned to teach military history at West Point in 2009. OSU awarded Major Warren the Ph.D., and the Dean at West Point subsequently promoted him to Assistant Professor. Major Warren's research focuses on warfare in early colonial America. In August 2014, Oklahoma University Press will publish Major Warren's Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. Routledge also will publish his chapter on King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion in a diplomatic and military history handbook. His other academic interests include the military history of the ancient world and modern military affairs. In addition to 16 academic conference presentations, Major Warren published "Beyond Emotion: The Epidamnian Affair and Corinthian Policy, 480-421 BC" in the Ancient History Bulletin in 2003. Major Warren served as a strategist and training officer for the 3rd Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2012 through March 2013, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He currently serves as a strategist to the U.S. Army War College.

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs hosted an event entitled "Digital Soft Power: The Frontline of Defense in the War Against Extremism" at The Institute of World Politics on October 29, 2014.

Panelists included:

Matthew Daniels, J.D., Ph.D.

Founder of The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs

Adjunct Professor, The Institute of World Politics

General Richard Myers (USAF, Ret.)

Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Honorable William H. Webster

Trustee, The Institute of World Politics;

Former Director of Central Intelligence and of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Honorable William S. Sessions

Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dr. John Lenczowski

Founder and President, The Institute of World Politics

Former Director of European and Soviet Affairs, NSC

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs is a project Good of All and The Institute of World Politics.

www.iwp.edu

www.goodofall.org

www.softpower.org

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs hosted an event entitled "Digital Soft Power: The Frontline of Defense in the War Against Extremism" at The Institute of World Politics on October 29, 2014.

Panelists included:

Matthew Daniels, J.D., Ph.D.

Founder of The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs

Adjunct Professor, The Institute of World Politics

General Richard Myers (USAF, Ret.)

Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Honorable William H. Webster

Trustee, The Institute of World Politics;

Former Director of Central Intelligence and of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Honorable William S. Sessions

Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dr. John Lenczowski

Founder and President, The Institute of World Politics

Former Director of European and Soviet Affairs, NSC

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs is a project Good of All and The Institute of World Politics.

www.iwp.edu

www.goodofall.org

www.softpower.org

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs hosted an event entitled "Digital Soft Power: The Frontline of Defense in the War Against Extremism" at The Institute of World Politics on October 29, 2014.

Panelists included:

Matthew Daniels, J.D., Ph.D.

Founder of The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs

Adjunct Professor, The Institute of World Politics

General Richard Myers (USAF, Ret.)

Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Honorable William H. Webster

Trustee, The Institute of World Politics;

Former Director of Central Intelligence and of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Honorable William S. Sessions

Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dr. John Lenczowski

Founder and President, The Institute of World Politics

Former Director of European and Soviet Affairs, NSC

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs is a project Good of All and The Institute of World Politics.

www.iwp.edu

www.goodofall.org

www.softpower.org

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs hosted an event entitled "Digital Soft Power: The Frontline of Defense in the War Against Extremism" at The Institute of World Politics on October 29, 2014.

Panelists included:

Matthew Daniels, J.D., Ph.D.

Founder of The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs

Adjunct Professor, The Institute of World Politics

General Richard Myers (USAF, Ret.)

Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Honorable William H. Webster

Trustee, The Institute of World Politics;

Former Director of Central Intelligence and of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Honorable William S. Sessions

Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dr. John Lenczowski

Founder and President, The Institute of World Politics

Former Director of European and Soviet Affairs, NSC

The Center for Human Rights and International Affairs is a project Good of All and The Institute of World Politics.

www.iwp.edu

www.goodofall.org

www.softpower.org

Ben Freeth, MBE, Executive Director of the Mike Campbell Foundation, discussed his family's fight for justice in Zimbabwe at an event at The Institute of World Politics on October 24, 2014.

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Ben Freeth MBE is the Executive Director of the Mike Campbell Foundation who was involved with the extensive agricultural enterprises on Mount Carmel farm in central Zimbabwe prior to its take-over by a senior ZANU PF politburo member. He studied at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and worked on farms in New Zealand, Tasmania and subsequently Zimbabwe where he was appointed the first regional executive officer for the Commercial Farmers' Union in 1996.

Together with his late father-in-law, Mike Campbell, the owner of Mount Carmel farm, he rose to international prominence in 2007 when they took President Mugabe's government to court in the Southern African Development Community's regional court, the SADC Tribunal. This was due to the regime's ongoing attempts to unlawfully seize Mr Campbell's farm; for violating the SADC Treaty by denying access to the courts; and for engaging in racial discrimination and violence against white commercial farmers and their farm workers. Mike and his wife and Ben were abducted and badly tortured in 2008 and later had their homes destroyed, with everything in them, by fire.

Mike and Ben's lawsuit was chronicled in the award-winning 2009 documentary film Mugabe and the White African. Ben subsequently wrote a book, also titled Mugabe and the White African, and has recently completed a second book, When Governments Stumble: Lessons from Zimbabwe's Past and Hope in Zimbabwe's Future.

Through the Mike Campbell Foundation, Ben's main focus is on restoring justice, the rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe. For the past three years, Ben has been involved in a campaign to save the SADC Tribunal following concerted lobbying by President Mugabe which resulted in the Tribunal being shut down by the SADC Heads of State, thus denying individual citizens access to the court.

A committed Christian, Ben assists dispossessed and destitute farmers and farm workers. He works closely with Foundations for Farming in Zimbabwe, an organization which provides training in conservation agriculture and teaches impoverished farm workers and others how to feed their families.