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2 days ago · Ferguson states such practices played a role in the ratio of Japanese prisoners to dead being 1:100 in late 1944. That same year, efforts were taken by Allied high commanders to suppress "take no prisoners" attitudes, among their own personnel (as these were affecting intelligence gathering) and to encourage Japanese soldiers to surrender ...
5 days ago · Similar to the critique levelled in his now-infamous ‘coda’ to Castes of Mind, Dirks has in this book drawn a straightforward lineage in imperial historiography from nineteenth-century writers such as James Mill, T. B. Macaulay, and J. R. Seeley to contemporary historians such as Peter Marshall, C. A. Bayly, W. R. Louis, and Niall Ferguson ...
2 days ago · The United States is a leader in the development of artificial intelligence technology and has maintained a space program since the late 1950s, with plans for long-term habitation of the Moon. [309] [310] In 2022, the United States was the country with the second-highest number of published scientific papers. [311]
2 days ago · According to some historians, including Geoff Simons and Charles Townshend, the British used chemical weapons in the conflict, while according to Lawrence James and Niall Ferguson the weapons were agreed by Churchill but eventually not used; R.M. Douglas of Colgate University also observed that Churchill's statement had served to convince ...
1 day ago · 2024 United Kingdom general election. The 2024 general election is scheduled to be held on 4 July 2024. The election includes Scotland, with all 57 Scottish seats to be contested. 29 MPs required for a Scottish Westminster majority - as per most recent boundary review.
2 days ago · These topics were tied together by historian Niall Ferguson in a talk that showed how evolving networks are shaping the 21st century, focusing on the status of the US dollar as a global currency, the prospects for globalisation, and relations between China and the US.
4 days ago · The following is a partial list of characters from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series as first introduced, beginning with the 1991 novel Outlander.The story focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.
