I'm reading about the impressment of American merchants and seamen prior to the war of 1812 and how they were frequently abducted and forced into the Royal Navy via impressment. What was the experience of a captured man like? Was it humiliating or just plain brutal?

How did they manage to 'press' so many unwilling people into service? Wouldn't there have been a rebellion?

I'm very interested in any resources and personal accounts of impressment. Thanks!

That's pretty much the entire question. South Africa and Cuba were both directly involved in the Namibia/Angola conflict, and it is conceivable that their forces may have met in battle.

If so, how did it go? Who won? What was international reaction?

Thanks.

What aspect of the European Parliament model were they trying to avoid by excluding this option?

Mostly I am just wondering if the situation has ever arisen where the head of the Commonwealth was ever the head of state of two countries that were warring with each other. I would be happy with war between countries in the commonwealth before it became the commonwealth of nations, with republics and whatnot.

I realise that I utterly butchered the title, sorry.

Brought on with thoughts of the Scottish Referendum...It seems that not a single rising power has ever tried to plan for its inevitable wane..Looking at history, its the same story. A country gains hegemony over its neighbors, expands and then does all it can to hold power. The tighter it holds, the harder the fall. But the U.K remains a prosperous, rich nation with international clout despite having lost so much of the ground (literal and figurative) it once possessed.

Did the U.K. plan for its decline as the US and USSR rose to eclipse it or was it a stroke of luck that it didn't become as poor as China after it closed it's doors? Or is it too early to say for sure?...

I suppose there wouldn't necessarily be someone local with the know-how. Would the noble look "nationally" for an architect? "Internationally"? (I realize it would be wrong to think of states at this time period as nations)

Not asking for specifics just an age. Because recently was called to attend a ceremony for WW2 vets. This is on a national stage, I just want to make sure the government is doing the right thing and do not show up like a fool. So long story longer I just turned 28. My father died in 2005. So basically my question is: Is it possible or am I the youngest child of a WW2 vet?

I'm making a school project about the Rwanda genocide and some things i need to tell about are the consequences and the solution of a conflict.

I have written atleast most of the basic stuff like how many were killed, a lot of hutus fled to other places, the RPF leader is now the president of Rwanda and so on. But what is the solution to this conlfict?

I wrote to the consequences about the UN trials and Rwandas own trials for the persons who were responsible for the genocide but this kinda belongs to the solution too.

The question is that is there anything else that can be called a solution for this problem?

Sorry if this text is a bit messy or/and confusing, just ask me if there is something i need to be more specific on.

They didn't press the attack, there is no way they could have expected to be able to fight us, it just seems like a lose lose idea on all fronts.

1. Why were the Danes (and to a much lesser degree, Frisians) of the Great Heathen army so successful against the Saxons when they invaded in 866 AD?
2. Was there a real Aelle? What was the real reason for the Army invading England and later Ireland?
3. Did the army have a clear command structure, was it Ivarr who was calling the shots? Or did Ubba, Halfdan and Ivar hold a similar rank?
4. How prevalent was mounted combat, was it as rare as some historians claim? Why didn't the Danes fight more often on horseback?
5. Why did the brothers install puppet kings in Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia exactly? They were beyond ruthless to the native Saxons, what did they intend on accomplishing by installing native Saxon Kings?
6. Of the three, Who was the best warrior, who was the best diplomat/politician, and who was the best battlefield commander? Do the sources discuss this at all? Wasn't Ivarr an incredibly fearsome warrior?
7. Just how many Frisians were present in the Army at that time?
8. For how long did the brothers plan the invasion? Just how well organized was it? Did they campaign prior to their invasion, didn't Ubba fight in Frisia for some time?
9. How true is it that Ivarr was actually 9 feet tall? Isn't his skeleton almost 9 feet long?
10. Did Ivar have the nickname the boneless during his lifetime? And isn't the nickname 'the boneless' really supposed to be the 'detested' (ie someone completely mistranslated his nickname)?

Thanks, and lastly, if you have any books on the great heathen army they would be greatly appreciated.

Hello I'm researching Florence 1378 and the I'm digging deep into a few particular characters and how they interrelate. Namely :Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici :Cosimo de' Medici :Salvestro Di Medici and here's the one I can't find. :Luigi Guiciiardini

Now Luigi Guicciardini replaced Salvestro in 1378 July 1st as banner-bearer of Justice I based on what I've read. But why? do these guys have wives? how old are they? everything I've learned about these guys seems superficial at best.

Any help is great.

In T.C. Boyle's semi-historical novel "Water Music", he talks about the 'Gin plague' that came to London in the 18th century. Apperently (due to its low price) when Gin first came to England it wracked the economy and impovered a creat amount of the population.

The novel even mentions an incident where a law maker was attacked by an angry mob, because he tried to raise taxes on Gin. So how was the problem eventually delt with? And how come the country still dominated the political landscape in the coming centuries, unlike China for example which had similar problems with morphium?