Reddit reviews Queen Victoria's Little Wars

The first two Afghan Wars are covered in Byron Farwell's Queen Victoria's Little Wars- Though Farwell's descriptions of the campaigns are brief, they are far better than anything I could write on the subject. You might also want to check out Osprey publishing's Essential Histories of the Anglo-Afghan Wars, which I must admit, I've not read. However, in my experience, the series gives good overviews of military campaigns and I'd imagine this volume would be no different.

" has enough war".... oh boy.......
Im stull surprised to see how little people know about warfare in this period..<br /> <br /> Heres something for you to read, just scroll down untill the late 1800s and youll find more than a little warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Africa#African_Great_Lakes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_Kingdom#United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_.281801.E2.80.931922.29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Netherlands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_France#French_Colonial_Empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Belgium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Spain#Restoration

https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Little-Byron-Farwell/dp/0393302350

Your assumption is that matriarchal cultures are not violent, and thus it is impossible for a violent culture to be matriarchal.

The evidence in this case clearly shows that the Moche were both matriarchal and violent.

>The first of the discoveries that hinted at this possibility, apparently, was the Lady of Cao, a mummy unearthed from a tomb in 2006 that showed signs of dying during childbirth. The discovery of yet another priestess's skeleton, the latest of eight found so far, has confirmed this. The body was buried in an elaborate 1,200 year old tomb in Chepén, along with adult and child sacrifices.
"This find makes it clear that women didn't just run rituals in this area but governed here and were queens of Mochica society," said project director Luis Jaime Castillo, according to the Associated Free Press.

>"It is the eighth priestess to be discovered," he added. "Our excavations have only turned up tombs with women, never men."

When evidence contradicts assumptions, do you discard your assumptions or the evidence?

>Honestly, from what I understand, a true matriarchal culture would have not the problem of violence, but the problem of a lack of ambition.

As America has become more feminist over the past 50 years, we have also become significantly more violent. See also http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Little-Byron-Farwell/dp/0393302350 . See also "white feather" and similar female-based warhawk cultures. The idea that female leadership is peaceful is a feminist fiction with no basis in observable or historical reality.

"Queen Victoria's Little Wars"

Great collection of short looks at a lot of various actions in the period.

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