Casting a wide net over the intriguing world of Modern History
On the 26th of December, 1991 the Soviet Union officially collapsed and the Cold War was over. The Capitalist democracies in the USA and the West had emerged victorious. Fast forward 30 years, and it’s now the United States in disarray. And…
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Welcome to December, the 12th month of the year. Of course, it used to be the tenth month – hence the “dec” prefix – until about 700 BC, when the Romans added January and February, so that the calendar covered a standard…
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Fans of the 1989 BBC comedy series “Blackadder Goes Forth”, may remember that when asked by Private Baldrick how did the war start, Captain Blackadder explained that it was simply too much effort NOT to have a war. With Remembrance Day (aka…
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Just as a stopped clock is correct twice a day, there is the odd separatist movement that defies the odds and succeeds. In fact, so far this century there have been 3. Though the human and financial cost were significant, in the…
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It’s not just in the visually spectacular, but poorly dialogued, Star Wars prequels where politically motivated shadow groups formulate plans to break away from a larger sovereign body. They exist all over our world as well. At the time of writing, there…
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At the next U.S. Federal Election on November the 3rd, Americans will not actually choose the President. The Electoral College will choose him. Yes, you read that correctly – when Americans cast their votes, they won’t actually vote for Donald Trump or…
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