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Tag Archives: BBC
The not so silent Killer…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27365003 PTSD or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is affecting more British veterans than ever before. A British charity says that it’s treating over 4,500 veterans, the greatest number ever presenting with symptoms consistent with the affliction, the greatest number in … Continue reading
Is Afghanistan really impossible to conquer?
Is Afghanistan really impossible to conquer? This piece by the BBC cogently sets forth the disquieting fact that Afghanistan is a place where foreign armies come to wither and leave. The British, Soviets and now ISAF all have failed to … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Cold War, Conflict, Empire, Insurgency, Soviet, United States
Tagged 1842, afghanistan, American Army, BBC, britain, British Army, defeat, invasion, Karzai, raj, Russia, Soviet, Taliban, withdrawal
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What did you do in the War, Daddy?
(pic. wikipedia.org) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an unusual malady. Loosely defined it is an affliction which attacks the sufferer’s mind, forcing him or her to relieve with a range of symptoms and with varying degrees of severity, intensity … Continue reading
A Few Dollars More: Revisiting the Mau Mau Compensation
(image from http://www.maumau.news.uk.msn.com) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22986211 A few weeks ago I posted an article entitled ’30 pieces of Weregild’, in which I described the British government’s response to the Mau Mau insurgency and their eventual payment of compensation to those Kenyans directly … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, BBC, British Army, Counter-Insurgency, Joseph Warungu, Kenya, Maasai, Mau Mau, Mau Mau Uprising, Samburu
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