Why did Palestinians participate in the First Intifada? Why did Egypt sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979? Why was Egypt of strategic importance in World War II? Why is Gaza Strip important to Israel? Why does Israel have a prime minister and a president?
Why did the US intervene in the Russian Civil War? Why is it called 'the Ukraine'? Why did the British start the Crimean War? Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan? Why did the British participate in the Crimean War? Why did the Yalta Conference take place in Ukraine? Why did Ru...
“The Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline – if it’s ever built – would solidify a predominantly Shi’ite axis through an economic, steel umbilical cord,” wrote Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar. Global Research, a Canada-based think tank, goes further to suggest that Assad's refusal in 2009...
When my oldest daughter came home after her first semester away at college, she told me how grateful she was to be an independent person. She described the scene in the dorm. “I had to show a bunch of them how to do laundry, and they didn’t even know how to make a box of Kraf...
Why is the Opium War still important today? Why were the British fighting in the Napoloeonic Wars? Why did Great Britain engage in imperialism? Why did Britain join WW1? Why did the British participate in the Seven Years' War? Why did Britain win the Napoloeonic Wars? Why did the Brit...
Were there Native American wars in Canada? Did the Iroquois hunt buffalo? Was the Sudanese Civil War a religious war? Was the decolonization of India peaceful? Did Crazy Horse defeat Custer? Did Sulla massacre people in Asia Minor? Did Britain cause the Bengal famine?
Why was the North-West Rebellion important to Canada? Why does Esherick say the name Boxer Rebellion is inaccurate? Why didn't the loyalists join the American Revolution? Why did the United States participate in 'The Spanish-American War' as part of their expansionist efforts? Why did the U...
Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War? Why did the British participate in the Seven Years' War? Why did the British attack Argentina during the Falkland Islands War? Why did South Africa leave the British Empire? Why did Australia leave the British Empire?