Empires and Revolution

1 Aug 2026

Abolishing Slavery Aided the Rise of Europe's Colonial Empires

Colin Liddell August 01, 2026 0

Is it just a mere coincidence that the effective end of the slave trade in Africa coincided with the sudden acceleration of colonialism that...

26 Jul 2026

Hitler

ORWELL'S REVIEW OF HITLER'S "MY STRUGGLE"

Colin Liddell July 26, 2026 0

Published in New English Weekly, 21 March 1940 It is a sign of the speed at which events are moving that Hurst and Blackett's unexp...

17 Aug 2025

Seleucid Empire

ANOTHER ALEXANDER: THE "ANABASIS" OF ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT

Colin Liddell August 17, 2025 0

Everybody knows about the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great, but few know of a military expedition that echoed it in man...

5 Jul 2025

Soviet Union

LENIN IN 1920 AS SEEN BY BERTRAND RUSSELL

Colin Liddell July 05, 2025 0

"willing to inflict widespread misery" In 1920 the British philosopher Bertrand Russell, who believed himself a ...

9 Jan 2025

WWII

WHO DID WORSE AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN 1942, THE BRITISH OR THE AMERICANS?

Colin Liddell January 09, 2025 0

The Fall of Singapore is often presented as the "death knell" of the British Empire, as a cataclysmic and humiliating event that e...

20 Nov 2024

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THE REAL REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE FELL

Colin Liddell November 20, 2024 0

Why did the British Empire fall? Was it because Churchill threw it all away by standing up to Hitler's aggression or was it part of a ...

9 Sept 2024

Lebanon

OCTOBER 23rd, 1983: THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

Colin Liddell September 09, 2024 0

US Empire RIP 1983 The minimum requirement for any empire is simple. It is power projection with "boots on the ground" a long way ...

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1 Aug 2026

Abolishing Slavery Aided the Rise of Europe's Colonial Empires

26 Jul 2026

ORWELL'S REVIEW OF HITLER'S "MY STRUGGLE"

17 Aug 2025

ANOTHER ALEXANDER: THE "ANABASIS" OF ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT

5 Jul 2025

LENIN IN 1920 AS SEEN BY BERTRAND RUSSELL

9 Jan 2025

WHO DID WORSE AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN 1942, THE BRITISH OR THE AMERICANS?

20 Nov 2024

THE REAL REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE FELL

9 Sept 2024

OCTOBER 23rd, 1983: THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

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