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Mar 14, 2020

Coronavirus Letter from a Brit to an American.

Dear Jeff I have been watching President Trump’s speeches on TV from here in Lake Placid. It is fair to say crisis communication is not an area of strength for the President who seems bored by the whole process. …

Satire

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Satire

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Jan 21, 2020

The Durnford Blame Game

On 22 January 1879 at Isandlwana some 20,000 Zulus armed with stabbing spears and some old rifles killed 1300 British soldiers armed with the most modern weapons of the time. The military campaign to invade Zululand went temporarily into reverse and Victorian Britain’s confidence was shaken. …

Anglo Zulu War

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Anglo Zulu War

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Oct 2, 2019

The Case for History: 1879 as 2019

The United States’ relative global power is reducing just as the United Kingdom’s was 100 years ago. Modern wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are worth comparing to Zulu Wars of 1879. In both cases there was a near identical collective failure to integrate easily available local knowledge into a coherent…

Politics

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The Case for History: 1879 as 2019
The Case for History: 1879 as 2019
Politics

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Simon Sole

Simon Sole

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Former intelligence analyst, founder entrepreneur now historian/film maker. Analyst not an advocate. Degrees from Cambridge and University of Baluchistan.

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