The Second Great Depression came as s surprise to most people of the time. They had not listened to the economists who said the deficit spending was unsustainable. Or the foreign policy experts or the businessmen who said that America[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I didn’t know anybody who lived through The Second Great Depression when I was young. Or if they had, they didn’t advertise. That’s Northern Minnesota for yah. We all have history, so why talk about it? I’ve met a few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression, The Cybernetic Wars, and the rise of the Chinese and Russian blocks helped create the world we live in now. Some histories say that it all started when America defaulted on her foreign debt and kicked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles. The Australian Federation is a unique nation in the modern worlds. They are the only nation that comprises an entire continent, the only nation in the Western Alliance having a direct border with the Chinese,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles. Asia is the largest continent on Earth, and home to more great civilizations than any other in the history our world. It is fitting that this continent still dominates our politics to this day. Home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles. The rise of Europe changed the destiny of our world forever. Europe formed Western Civilization as we know it, it colonized the world, and it controlled the world for centuries. It is natural that Europe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles. America has a long history of civilizations dating from the last Ice Age to modern times. We have pyramids and roads as old as Egypt, and many of our cultures have been the largest and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles. Many people called Africa the Dark Continent over the millennia, a reference both the color of the people who lived there, and the mysterious its jungles kept from outsiders. Africa has opened up to us[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles Edward Hurst. Many have asked me to write a history of our world. Considering what I study, I chose to answer the calls. This is the forward to the book, with much more depth to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…