“At the time they called themselves 'The Forgotten Army' because the British public was focused on Hitler and the war in Europe and the war in the Far East was geographically a long way away and happening for reasons that were harder to grasp,” says historian Alex Bescoby, speaking at…| Culturall
Margaret Thatcher is still worth celebrating in her centenary year.| Modern Age
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Review 144 Tehila Sasson. The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire. Princeton University Press, 2024.| H-Diplo|RJISSF
As in Conrad, even when characters think they understand the dynamics of Leonard Woolf’s jungle, they really don’t. The post B-Sides: Leonard Woolf’s “The Village in the Jungle” appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Is it really true that Britain’s special path as a nation of tolerance, parliamentary debate and democracy is only coming to an end in the age of Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson? The post British History: As Full of Cruelty, Racism and Hate as Any Other Nation in Europe appeared first on The Globalist.| The Globalist
I look at the rise and fall of the British and US empires, measured in terms of their share of world energy consumption.| Economics from the Top Down
The honourable Libyan anti-imperialist Omar al-Mukhtar is a hero in the Arab world and beyond for resisting Italian occupation, colonialism and imperialism during what is referred to as the inter-w…| Colonial Karma
Winston Churchill, of course, like any human, had flaws and made blunders, be it Gallipoli, the Gold Standard, the Abdication crisis, or the India Act. However, his actions in the Second World War trumped his mistakes by saving civilization from Nazi and fascist tyranny. Regardless of Mr. Cooper, this truth will always shine through in the history of mankind. The post Debunking Tucker Carlson’s Darryl Cooper Interview appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
It’s not new: There has always been an American polemic that the United States’ involvement in the Second World War was unnecessary and unwinnable. What makes this latest version interesting, and worrisome, is the way it sees Winston Churchill as a primary aggressor, instead of the nakedly genocidal, tyrannical, and racist Führer of Germany, Adolf Hitler. The post Truth About Nazi Germany and the Second World War appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
In sum, Germany and its fascist allies started World War II, initiated the mass warring on civilians, and institutionalized genocide. They felt empowered to do so not because of Allied aggression or terrorism, but because of initial appeasement, American isolationism, and Russian collaboration. That is what enticed Hitler and the Axis into starting a war they soon had no chance of winning, once their formidable enemies embraced the prior Axis notion of total war. The post Reply to Darryl Coop...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
No, Churchill did not send fleets of firebombers to kill innocent women and children in the Schwarzwald. “The reason why this kind of nonsense passes for history is that standards for evidence have virtually disappeared. The standard is not exactly rocket science. Remnant evidence is better than tradition-creating evidence. Corroborated testimony is better than uncorroborated testimony. Forensic evidence is better than hearsay.” The post “Opium for the People”: The Myth of Firebombing...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Jason M. Barr September 10, 2024 Note: This post is part II of an on-going series on the past, present, and future of urban land reclamation around the world. Part I is here. Cities Drive History When we study who we are—our ancient histories and how we arrived at the present moment—we tend to […] The post To Boldly House Where no Housing has Gone Before (Part II): Land Reclamation and World History first appeared on Building the Skyline. The post To Boldly Hous...| Building the Skyline
The historian Darryl Cooper has argued in an interview on the Tucker Carlson Show that Winston Churchill "was the chief villain of World War II," which would be both interesting and indeed shocking were his thesis not based on such staggering ignorance and disregard for historical fact that it is safe to disregard completely.| freebeacon.com
