Turkey would be a different entity today, had it not been for the First World War. Co-author of the British Council report, Remember the World as well as the War , Anne Bostanci, highlights the effects of the war on Turkey and why especially the younger generation ‘remembers’. Remembering a world war, by definition, must be about […]
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The Top Ten: Shortest wars
The belief in the possibility of a short, decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.’ My Quotation of the Day by Robert Lynd prompted James Worron to observe that short wars are quite common – there are just fewer of them than people hope for. 1. Anglo-Zanzibar War, […]