It was against this backdrop that the U.S. first entered what would become a full-out war: U.S. military advisers were sent to help the French battle the communists of Northern Vietnam in 1950. That same year, theKorean Warbegan, pitting Communist North Korean and Chinese forces against ...
Why did the French Revolution happen? Why is it called the Hundred Years' War? Why did France no longer need the Louisiana territory? Why did the Ten Years' War start? Why did the French Empire fall? Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?
Why did the Bosnian War start? Why were the Native Americans in the Apache Wars? Why do some people believe the Darfur genocide has ended? Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina? Why did Apartheid happen? Why did the Gaza War happen?
Why did the Popham Colony fail? Why did Trajan cancel the Parthian campaign? Why did the French invasion of Egypt fail? Why did the Iraq War fail? Why was blitzkrieg an effective military strategy? Why was Saladin a successful ruler?
I expected what I read about Vietnam: street food is prepared on the spot and consumed while sitting on small blue plastic chairs usually outside. I didn’t expect to see my food being prepared next to a kid taking a shit into a plastic bag, or my plate being rinsed next to a pile...
Why did a Brady Bunch Christmas movie get so heavy? Well, it was designed as a test pilot for a new Brady series, eventually titled The Bradys, that would have revolved around the kids and followed more adult storylines. The result is pretty cheesy, but old-school Brady Bunch fans will...
Weeks later, with someone who knew her as well as I did, and with no idea of what I could possibly begin to say, a provisional apophatic eulogy was drafted, going something like this: Anna Reinelt was someone who wanted to leave the world a better place than she found it, and she ...
Weeks later, with someone who knew her as well as I did, and with no idea of what I could possibly begin to say, a provisional apophatic eulogy was drafted, going something like this: Anna Reinelt was someone who wanted to leave the world a better place than she found it, and she ...
If it’s anytime in the next year or so, start the application process now. There are enough reasons that travel is stressful, complicated and expensive already. Don't let an expired passport be one of them. About the author Sally French Follow Sally French is a travel rewards expert who...
This insect is spread far and wide across the South American continent, observed in Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, and Suriname. It is recognizable by its long black antennae and light brown wings. ...