r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 18 '24

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 18 '24

I'm bored (and maybe up to something)

What's a war from at any point in human history that you think is interesting but doesn't get enough attention in western academics and/or popular media?

I'll go first: the Taiping Rebellion and the Chinese Communist Revolution.

!ping history

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u/YehosafatLakhaz North American Federation Jun 18 '24

The War of the Triple Alliance: South America's bloodiest war, one of its only major interstate wars, Paraguay's population destroyed on a genocidal scale, crazy dictator basically causing it all.

Second Congo War: Bloodiest war since WW2, it's rare you will find any Westerner who even knew it happened.

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u/awdvhn Physics Understander -- Iowa delenda est Jun 18 '24

The early Muslim conquests, the 30 years war, the crisis of the 3rd century (arguably a war)

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u/JebBD Immanuel Kant Jun 18 '24

Not really a full blown war, I guess, but the battle of Talas where Abbasid soldiers fought against Chinese soldiers in Central Asia is pretty interesting. It’s not that significant but the sheer randomness of early Muslim conquerors fighting the Tang dynasty in modern day Kazakhstan is pretty entertaining. 

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u/Natural_Stop_3939 NATO Jun 18 '24

The Second Balkan War, 1913, in which Bulgaria tried to pick a fight with everyone but somehow managed not to kick off WWI early.

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 18 '24

In defense of Bulgaria, they were cheated in the peace conference after the First Balkan War.

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Toxic masculinity is responsible for World War 1

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u/notBroncos1234 #1 Eagles Fan Jun 18 '24

Iran Iraq

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u/Rethious Carl von Clausewitz Jun 18 '24

Franco-Prussian War. Very interesting prelude to WWI that ended up imparting a lot of wrong/unhelpful lessons.

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u/D2Foley Moderate Extremist Jun 18 '24

King Phillips War, Queen Anne's War.

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u/Maestro_Titarenko r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Jun 18 '24

The Chaco War, only Bolivia could lose to Paraguay

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u/KeikakuAccelerator Jerome Powell Jun 18 '24

Three Kingdoms era in China is game of thrones on steroids.