Which modern European monarchy (the specific term I used in the comment which Will challenged) has this happened in? Actually, though I have not looked in detail so there may be exceptions, which mod… (View Post)

I said post WW1. (View Post)

I always find it strange when reading Chekov or Tolstoy, how many of those former serfs seemed to think the emancipation was a bad thing. Assuming of course that what they were writing was an accurat… (View Post)

Because we know it would not be in our interests to do so. That is not really pertinent to the discussion. (View Post)

Whilst I agree with you, I don't think HYUFD was referring to casualties of war killed by the enemy but to the state actively killing its own population. They are two very different things. (View Post)