Author Archives: clarksasquatchcastillo

This symposium ended up only having two speakers, both of whom had written on propoganda and mass communications in toatalitarian regimes. The first speaker spoke about Leni Riefensaul, the infamous Nazi Film Propogandist. Her research had to do with whether … Continue reading →

Ok, just a brief update. So far not a whole lot has changed since my last update blog, however there has been some new updates as far as actual research is going. For example multiple sources i have read have … Continue reading →

            My project has switched to a slightly different hypothesis than I original had started with. While I originally wanted to study how the evolution of technology affected the rise and fall of the highland charge, … Continue reading →

I was doing some brief research online and found a couple of places that spoke of a new tactic used by the British at Culloden to counter the Highland charge. According to sources such as Frank McLynn’s “The Jacobites” the … Continue reading →

03-maccrimmons-lament This Song was actually written during the Jacobite wars by a major piper named Macrimmon. His family founded one of the most renowned Piping schools in Scotland. THe legend is that when Donald Ban Macrimmon was captured at the … Continue reading →

03-will-ye-no-come-back-again_1 Well this isn’t a traditional recording, but it is a traditional song. The name of the song is “Will Yeh No Come back Again?” and has been played by Scottish Military Units as recently as WWII. It is a … Continue reading →

AS corny as It sounds, The Highland Last Charge is the title I am working with. It is slightly fitting though, as my paper is focusing on the highland charge, between the battle of Dunkield in the Jacobite revulotion of … Continue reading →

I would like to study if the practice of the highland charge was created and halted primarily due to the evolution of weaponry.  If this were the case than the creation of sturdy firearms would have come about at a similar time … Continue reading →