Comments on: What If… The USA had lost its War of Independence?

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:55:49 +0000

The French Revolution was preceded by the so-called Flour War of 1775.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:37:42 +0000

I don’t think that French Revolution had anything thing to do with a financial crisis. Contrary to common opinion, most revolutions occur due to improvements in living conditions, and most are also done by the 2nd level aristocracy and bourgeoise.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:19:21 +0000

I will read Sobel’s book.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:18:09 +0000

Sometimes, the Great Coin Flip of History lands on edge.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:29:06 +0000

I was just listening to the audiobook version of Jeremy D. Popkin‘s A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution and thinking, how could an almost-bankrupt France bankroll an unnecessary war against Great Britain?

By: Steven C.

Steven C. — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:18:17 +0000

That's the basic idea in the novel "For Want Of A Nail" by the American Professor of History Robert Sobel.