An Englishman in love with Bucharest's blowsy charms
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591571600901611The reality is that in West Africa 4 in 10 servicemen died there, even in gentle India 1 in ten did, the Empire was built on imperial fodder
Certainly the current crop of Masters of the Universe are trying to match the record of old India hands saved only by Flemings wonderhttps://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1897/may/14/british-troops-in-india-health
I think that the gentleman has in mind the British reaction to the current heat wave, not any imperial or post-imperial decline.
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591571600901611
ReplyDeleteThe reality is that in West Africa 4 in 10 servicemen died there, even in gentle India 1 in ten did, the Empire was built on imperial fodder
Certainly the current crop of Masters of the Universe are trying to match the record of old India hands saved only by Flemings wonder
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I think that the gentleman has in mind the British reaction to the current heat wave, not any imperial or post-imperial decline.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yes.
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