Navies, Natives & Napoleon the war of 1812 in Context-part 2: last issue, we learned that much of the reverence we hold for our War of 1812 "heroes" is misplaced, and that time has led to the creation of myths with little basis in fact. As the war between Britain and France raged...
Part of the reason for this is that we’ve done a lot to bring peace and stop wars on this planet. However, we’ve spent very little in a system to stop an epidemic(流行病). Let’s look at Ebola(埃博拉病毒). The problem wasn’t that there was a system(系统)that didn’t work...
In fact, these delusive persuasions had no effect on hiding the brutal consequences of war that inevitably results in indiscriminate destruction of both human life and the natural world. In a war, 'nature'—a living entity—endures the same decisive consequences of the ruthless use of the ...
Click for larger image of the Geneva Gazette for July 1, 1812, reporting on the assassination of Spencer Perceval together with the declaration of the War of 1812. “If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.”— Gutle Schnaper, wife of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and mother of h...
As with most naval actions in the War of 1812, the more powerful ship won; in this case it was theHornet, which carried 32 pound carronades; thePeacockhad 24 pounders. Lawrence was promoted from Master Commandant to Captain. He was initially promised command of the 44 gun frigate USSConst...
Another source of labor-Native Americans-found that not really suitable-acceptable to disease, familiar with land, could escape, and that generally men indians were not farmers-women were. South Carolina hurt trade opportunities, and enslaving natives would hurt trade relationships with others Now ...
but a lot of effort was invested in it, making it hard to stop. It did have a military effect. The Germans had to withdraw fighters and anti-aircraft guns from the Eastern Front to the homeland, leaving them with no aerial reconnaissance on the Eastern Front. German bombing raids killed ...