Why did Britain get involved in the Cold War? Why did England enter WW2? Why did the British declare war on Germany? Why did the British win the Battle of Britain? Why were the Napoleonic Wars fought? WHY WAS THE WAR BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA (1914-1918) A GLOBAL WAR (WWI) ...
The process of modernization in the West was violent. It relied on colonialism, slavery, war, plunder, and domination. The same processes that made Europe and North America rich also contributed to the impoverishment of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. There's a ten...
“The airlift was a lifeline for West Berlin,” says Hope Harrison, an associate professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University who has written extensively on the Cold War, Germany and Russia. “To feel that the U.S. and Great Britain, who had been their ene...
“I want to think of the service and of war and how me and my battle buddies fought for freedom,” says Michael, who began writing songs as an Army soldier stationed in Baghdad during the Iraq war. “So, Marvin Gaye — I just don’t like it.” He grins. ...
After the Axial Age, the West moved toward continuous disunity, but China had successfully maintained a persistent unity pattern. Conventional case (history event) studies are subject to selection bias and theoretical frameworks, which is not objective n
Byline: By KELLEY PRICETEARS flowed at a moving military funeral for a modest Teesside war hero.Second World War veteran Joe Hill dragged a trapped pilot from a crash-landed bomber plane, fearing it was about to explode. His brave act earned him the George Medal, presented by King George ...
According to the Oslo-based Peace Research Institute, 2023 was one of the most violent years since the end of the Cold War. A record number of 59 conflicts were recorded worldwide, 10 of them in the Middle East. None makes less sense than that betweenHezbollah and Israelalong the Lebanese...
France's Prussian Nemesis: Mark Bryant on How French Cartoonists of the 1870s Responded to National Humiliation at the Hands of a Beligerent Prussia Though the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 lasted less than a year, it was fiercely fought not only by the armies of both sides but also by...
February 6: Cold War Kids Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at the ELM in Bozeman. March 13: Journey (Feat. Toto) Getty Images for Journey March 13: Journey (Feat. Toto) Wednesday, March 13 at the First Interstate Arena in Billings. May 15: NEEDTOBREATHE (Feat. Judah & the Lion) Getty Ima...
The same rules held in the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the Soviet and American wars in Afghanistan. They held for conflicts involving nuclear powers elsewhere (apart from some minor skirmishing). And they are holding now in Ukraine.HOW THIS ENDSRussia’s plan A was to conquer Ukraine ...