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Modern Classicists by Anne De Reynier

Posted On 28th February 202011th February 2020 By the Manchester Historian

To those within the academic sphere, it seems that classical mythology has seen a dramatic rise in popularity amongst the general public, and has never been more influential.

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Vietnam: Colonial, Cold or Civil War? by Rebecca Boulton

Posted On 26th February 202011th February 2020 By the Manchester Historian

Over a period spanning 30 years of conflict, the Vietnam War caused the death of approximately 3 million people, including Vietnamese soldiers, civilians and foreign military. Historically, the war is perceived as one of the deadliest conflicts of the 20th century

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Dan Jones: The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England, [Book Review by Becca Selby]

Posted On 24th February 202011th February 2020 By the Manchester Historian

A chronicle of the dynastic medieval royal family known to us as the Plantagenets, narrating the many turns of the wheel of fortune which so affected their fates.

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Mexican National Identity, by Tasha Parsons

Posted On 21st February 202011th February 2020 By the Manchester Historian

Following the Mexican Revolution, the newly formed government pursued art as a means of building national identity and establishing a collective narrative about the war.

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The Fall of Saigon, by Charlotte Roscoe

Posted On 19th February 20206th February 2020 By the Manchester Historian

In 1975, on the 30th of April, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Vietcong. Was the fall of Saigon an inevitability? Was there any chance that South Vietnam could have been an independent viable nation free from communist rule?

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