Theyre spread all over the world and so they were spread very thin. They were constantly putting down revolts, but to them these little colonial wars that they would fight coming is all about gallantry and being dashing and they hated losing their red coats. They thought attack is make them look like bus drivers. They were still, for the war would begin they were still fighting in these perfect precise lines. War was a prelude into world war i . It was picked was the beginning of modern warfare. Not that Many Americans especially know much about the war but it was some of the first guerrilla fighting, it was concentration camps, the modernization of weapons and all things the british army going in was completely different from the british army coming out and to prepare them for world war i. Youre right, most of us know very little. Is the presence in south africa still very strong . The prelude to the avocados and fortunately things are changing a lot. They were interesting people. They were very independent. Very religious and they were unabashedly racist. You may have heard of the great track in 1885 can include from the cape hundreds of miles into the interior and that was set a primarily by the fact that two years earlier the British Empire had abolished slavery. And so even though the British Empire promised people and indian population that was living there, as soon as they won the war things would change and be better for them. As we all know that took much longer than anyone would have hoped. And so of course there is still a presence but Nelson Mandela was a huge breaking point for that and things have changed quite a bit. Bit. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. As the nation elects a new president on tuesday, will america have its first foreignborn first lady since athens or will we have a former president as first gentleman . Learn more about the influence of americas spouses from cspans first ladies now available in paperback at first ladies gives readers a look into the personal lives and, in fact, of every first lady in american history. First ladies is a companion to cspans wellregarded biography series and features interviews with the nations leading first ladys historians. Each chapter offers brief biographies of 45 president ial spouses and archival photos. First ladies in paperback published by Public Affairs is not able at your favorite bookseller and also as an ebo ebook. Cspan, were history unfolds daily. In 1979 cspan was great as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. This weeks Traveler Program takes a look at the impact of social Media Marketing and advertising by consumers in the marketplace. Columba University Professor tim wu discusses his book the attention merchants with cnbc as jon fortt. Host him, the attention