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European Empires From Conquest to Collapse, 1815-1960 by V.G. Kiernan, 2024

New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare.

Victor Kiernan offers a ground-breaking, truly global history of the violence of empire. European Empires from Conquest to Collapse deftly surveys the fighting forces and military engagements of the Great Powers, from the British in India to the scramble for Africa.

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With an acerbic wit, Kiernan unpicks the doctrines and realities of colonial warfare. Europe was fond of parading its concept of ‘civilized war’, he observes, but almost everything could be tolerated if it was deemed necessary for the upholding of prestige. Guerrilla insurgency, he adds, ultimately became one of the most sophisticated branches of the art of war. Of all the reasons for an interest in the colonial wars of modern times, Kiernan argues, the best is that they are still going on, openly or disguised. European Empires from Conquest to Collapse is a landmark attempt to see clearly what empire entailed, instead of resting content with legend or fantasy. With a foreword by Tariq Ali, author of Winston His Times, His Crimes and The Forty-Year War in A Chronicle Foretold .
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Why do we have 350+ militarized CIA bases around the world?

Want to cut cost? Reduce those by 80%. But #empires need control of resources and the #us model requires #vassal states.

US is apparently in a position analogous to #England and #France in the last quarter of the 19th Century. I.E. Perceived overpopulation, income inequality, poverty, lack of housing, and declining influence. As well as, worries about continued control of future resources.

#Empire is expensive and imperial states must be subsidized by their vassals and colonies. This goes a long way towards explaining Trump’s focus on #Canada , #Greenland , and #Ukraine resources.

#boycottusa
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All Empires Decline Eventually

#American #decline is inevitable, not just real. All powers are subject to adjustment and stagnation.

For one thing, #empires need #emperors. #Trump’s earliest executive orders testify far more to the desire to be powerful, and exude power, than to any credible policy agenda that could achieve the restorationism he so clearly desires.

It is a fool’s errand to reverse any empire’s relative decline, and rank immorality to try.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Caption: OUR GLORIOUS EMPIRE WILL LAST FOREVER Cartoons of leaders of past and present empires.
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All Empires Decline Eventually

is inevitable, not just real. All powers are subject to adjustment and stagnation.

For one thing, need . ’s earliest executive orders testify far more to the desire to be powerful, and exude power, than to any credible policy agenda that could achieve the restorationism he so clearly desires.

It is a fool’s errand to reverse any empire’s relative decline, and rank immorality to try.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Caption: OUR GLORIOUS EMPIRE WILL LAST FOREVER Cartoons of leaders of past and present empires.
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