- Album Review British Steel Judas Priest (Remaster Edition)
That was the first lines of Breaking the Law, a song about feeling helpless in the face of mass unemployment. It also always reminds me of Birmingham in 1980.
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- Book Review A History Of Contemporary Italy 1943 To 1980 By Paul Ginsborg
Paul Ginsborg is a renowned expert on Italian history, and has been lecturing on Italian history for a few decades now. A History of Contemporary Italy was first published in 1990.
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- Sir Alec Douglas Home
In 1963 Harold MacMillan resigned as both Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. He had been both since Sir Anthony Eden had resigned due to ill health and in the wake of the Suez Crisis.
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- Why Did Michael Foot Defeat Dennis Healey?
Dennis Healey would have been the safe bet to win. ...
- Scotland And The Act Of Union
Scotland signed up to the Act of Union in 1707.
Scotland did not have a Parliament with a long history or traditions like the English Parliament had prior to the Act of Union. Those who had favoured that Union believed that it was better to have Scottish MPs in Westminster as Scotland gained more political and economic advantages than retaining full independence. Scotland maintained other features that an independent nation would have, independent legal and education systems for instance....
- A Review Of Niall Ferguson's Empire
A detailed evaluation of how British imperialism influences our world. ...
- The American Influences On The French Revolution
The American Revolution provided inspiration for the French Revolution as ideas about democracy and freedom plus equality were spread as a consequence of American victory. ...
- Why The Moderates Could Not Control The French Revolution
The French Revolution was all about the spreading of liberty and the full freedom of expression for citizens. It was the replacement of an absolute monarchy headed by an inept King, with a republic run by the people for the people, or so the theory went. ...
- Nicholas II Last Tsar Of Russia
When Alexander III died in 1894 the Russian throne passed to his oldest son, the singularly incapable Nicholas II. Perhaps if he had managed to keep Russia out of wars during his reign, Nicholas would have stayed on the throne, and got old too.
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- Why Nicholas II Was Overthrown
Nicholas Romanov was forced to abdicate in 1917. Read the underlying article to study in detail....