“Now that war was spilling over into different continents, the resulting dispersal of Britain’s naval resources left traditional European frontier sites like… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
The so-called Boer War advertised British vulnerabilities, and these were confirmed by the Irish rising of 1916 and the subsequent creation of… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Embarking upon war is always dangerous for national leaders because it makes them more than ever at the mercy of events. When… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Since the Second World War, as female expectations and opportunities have risen, becoming a royal woman - and remaining a royal woman… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Far from being aberrant and un-British, criticising a war in which our troops are actively engaged is a long-established parliamentary and political… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Anyone who has spoken to experienced combat troops knows that they rarely brag about their exploits. Strong and silent is the preferred… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Once conscription was introduced during the First World War, and once Britain's wars ceased being confined to the empire or to continental… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
In the past, rulers led their troops into battle and, even in peacetime, called themselves fathers of their people. And modern politics… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
From the American Revolution right up to the Second World War, the U.S. was more likely to provoke suspicion among members of… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Partly because women in the U.S. are better represented in the hierarchies, the culture wars over gender there have been particularly fierce. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
America's soldiery, like its war dead, comes disproportionately from its southern states and from its aspiring poor - both white and black. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
An unprecedented number of uniformed males, marching, parading and engaging in mock battles in every region of Great Britain brought a pleasant… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Chilvalry's essential function, Maurice Keen has written, is always to hold up an idealised image of armed conflict in defiance of the… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Jacobitism involved much more than a debate about the merits of a particular dynasty. Men and women were well aware that its… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
From the 15th century to 1688, England and Wales, like Scotland, had been peripheral kingdoms in the European power game, more often… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
In the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as in so many later conflicts, British women seem to have been no more… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Britain, like other European states, is not and never will again be in the top-world-power league, so its male leaders can afford to play… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is tough, clever, and formidably well briefed, and has been politically ambitious all her adult life. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
In Great Britain, woman was subordinate and confined. But at least she was also safe. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Once conscription was introduced during the First World War, and once Britain's wars ceased being confined to the empire or to continental Europe and… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in defeat. Nor… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Traditionally, royal females who have not had the luck to become queens regnant have been granted very limited roles. They have been expected to… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Never fly to the U.S. the day before Thanksgiving or the weekend after because every airport is guaranteed to be crammed to bursting with… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Men and women do not live by bread alone. They also need sustaining ideas. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was common for… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Governments should encourage and facilitate the teaching of history, but one does not want them to be able to dictate, for political or partisan… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Although Britain has, since 1653, had nothing approaching a single, codified constitution, it did for a very long time possess a broad cult of… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Even at its most powerful, Britain always needed alliances with other European states. There would almost certainly have been no British victory at Waterloo,… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
