Centrifugal Forces and the Creation of Islamic Sectarianism Colin Liddell July 25, 2019 0 Fatamid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, reigned 996-1013 It is foolish to take ideology too seriously. A careful study of history proves... Read more »
Everything You Wanted to Know About 12th Century BC Civilisational Collapse But Were Afraid to Ask Colin Liddell May 04, 2019 0 Agents of chaos - the Sea Peoples Historian Eric Cline presents a fascinating lecture on his book "1177 BC: The Year Civilizati... Read more »
Poem: The Hero of Rorke's Drift Colin Liddell January 13, 2019 1 The ancients were adept at commemorating the achievements of their warriors, celebrating them in both song and bardic ode. Our own civi... Read more »
Pearl Harbor: How Japan Saved the World for "Democracy" Colin Liddell December 07, 2018 0 The "dastardly attack." December 7th is the anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Once again we have the opportu... Read more »
How Weimar Germany Prepared the Way for the Fall of France Colin Liddell November 08, 2018 0 History is full of ironies. One of the greatest is the effect that the Treaty of Versailles had on causing and shaping the next World W... Read more »
"The French Army in 1936" by General René Tournès Colin Liddell November 02, 2018 0 Brigadier General René Tournès (1876-1959) was a WWI general and military writer. In 1936 he published the following account of the Fre... Read more »
Italy's Pocket War and Its Dwarf Imperialsm Colin Liddell September 29, 2018 0 Italians fighting Turks at Tripoli Italy was the site of one of the greatest empires -- the Roman -- but, to its shame, it was also th... Read more »