Talk:Jingo (novel)

Ferdinandea
I just happened upon the page for Ferdinandea... could this have been the inspiration for Jingo? Trent 01:13, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was. --Kizor 13:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Ideas
Was Jingo based on the Gulf War? The people of Ankh-Morpork often refer to the Klatchians as "towelheads", a deragotory term used by American soldiers in Iraq. Just a thought. --Imp88 12:59, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I think it is more a reference to WW1, with the nationalism and the handing out of white feathers Adonai-aus- 05:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

This book is repleate with war references, most obviously to WWII and Das Boot. The Towelheads reference is to the period of the 2nd gulf war (1990-91)and was current during the period this book was written in. The practice of giving out white feathers as a symbol of cowardice pre-dates WWI by some way (hence the novel and film of the same name set in the Sudan campagin of the 1880's). If it is based on any one incedent it is the Turkish crisis leading to the congress of Berlin in the 1870's ("we've got the men, we've got the ships and we've got the money too, So by Jingo if they do we'll be dammed if we'll let the Russians have Constantinople").

"Klatchistan" should not redirect here, as Klatchistan is a whole different country than Klatch.

The term "Ragheads" has been a racial term in Britain for centuries, dating back to the expansion of the Empire and the treatment of the indigenous populations by the British. The majority of Jingo is satirizing these attitudes and much in the same way Ankh-Morpork is based on London, the war is based on the wars of Empire. They are also dealt with in Nation and several subsequent Discworld books. 86.167.89.167 (talk) 16:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Expansion
I have added a couple of sections to the page that can be easily expanded and could be quite enlightening and helpful to many readers. Although inexperienced as I am I do think it needs a tweak from somebody with more aptitude.

Were the Morporkians' aliases in Klatch derived from Wilson, Keppel and Betty?

I always thought they came from the song - you know, I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me you can call me Al. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.5.100 (talk) 23:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2008 (UTC)