The film The Man Who Would be King is director John Huston’s interpretation of British Imperial policy and the idealized exploits of the ad...
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Showing posts with label Imperialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imperialism. Show all posts
The Anglo-Asante Wars: ‘Hundred Years’ War’ for Africa's Gold Coast
Of the many scattered imperial conflicts which comprise the martial history of Africa, most certainly the longest and drawn out conquests ...
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Battle of San Juan Hill 1898: Roosevelt and his Rough Riders
On this day in 1898, the 1st Volunteer cavalry known popularly as the Rough Riders, under the command of the future 26th President of the Un...
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Lord Cardigan and the Charge of the Light Brigade: The Battle of Balaclava, 1854
James Thomas Brudenell (b.1797-1868), 7th earl of Cardigan, known popularly as Lord Cardigan, commander of the 600 or so British cavalrymen ...
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Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864: The Opium Conflicts and early Western military influence in China
The Taiping Rebellion is one of the largest and bloodiest Civil Wars in history, seemingly forgotten today, in the 1860’s the small but prom...
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Rif War: Spain's War in the Rif of Northern Morocco, 1920-1927
One of the least cited "inter-war" conflicts which was also apart of the neo-colonialism era of the 20th century, the Rif War or R...
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