Why did Stalin declare war on Japan?Joseph Stalin:Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. Early in the war, he signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler and the two nations divided Poland in 1939. In 1941, Hitler turned on the Soviets and invaded Russia in...
Grant embarked on what may be the world’s first deliberate operational campaign even though the doctrine and terminology did not yet exist. Grant took what the battlefield gave him. From December 1862 until April 1863, Grant launched a series of attacks from the northwest side of the ...
previously under Russian occupation or control. This war is far from over, and I would expect the bloodshed to continue for some time. Yes, statesmanship, and perhaps a negotiated settlement remain a possibility. Still, Vladimir Putin has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot be trusted. He has...
but scholars East and West predicted the emergence of ethnic and religious strife in the ruins of Communism .5Their worst fears did not materialize in the former Soviet Union , whose breakup was for the most part peaceful. But they did emerge...
The key Leninist defence of the actions of the Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution is that they had no other choice. Complaints against the Bolshevik attacks on the gains of the revolution and the pro-revolutionary Left in Russia are met with a mantra involving the white terror, the primitive...
The outbreak of Ebola fever in west Africa has been making headlines since January this year, but as usual we are only being told half the story by mainstream media. It took a lot of digging by myself and colleagues in the blogosphere to dig up this pile
One might think, given the amount of screaming and shouting about diversity we hear from the left, they might take a little time to find out what it really means and stop applying their superficial and shallow meaning to it. The left however are hupocrit
Russia, which in the endgame tried unsuccessfully to seize the Pristina airport but subsequently signed on to the Security Council resolution that ended the war.18 Again the military effort succeeded, initiating another decade of postwar international state-building efforts, this time led by the UN...
Russia, which in the endgame tried unsuccessfully to seize the Pristina airport but subsequently signed on to the Security Council resolution that ended the war.18 Again the military effort succeeded, initiating another decade of postwar international state-building efforts, this time led by the UN...
Russia, which in the endgame tried unsuccessfully to seize the Pristina airport but subsequently signed on to the Security Council resolution that ended the war.18 Again the military effort succeeded, initiating another decade of postwar international state-building efforts, this time led by the UN...