The Wild Geese – A Brief History of Ireland’s ‘Foreign Armies’
“The St. Patrick’s were actually just one of a long list of Gaelic regiments to serve in other countries’ armies over the centuries.” ON SEPT. 21, 1846, General Zachery Taylor‘s American Army of Occupation stormed the Mexican…
On the Brink – Five International Crises That Nearly Led To Nuclear War
“A number of emergencies, communication errors and computer glitches have very nearly precipitated nuclear war.” ON MORE THAN one occasion over the past 50 years, the world’s super powers have nearly ended all life on this planet….
InfoGraphic — The First World War Explained… As a Bar Fight
Something to brighten your Monday? Here’s an amusing little item from the Internet in which the whole of World War One is depicted as a massive fist-fight between the tipsy patrons of some watering hole….
Recommended Reading – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Crimean War (But Never Thought to Ask)
“We interrupt our ongoing wall-to-wall coverage of the 100th anniversary of the First World War to bring you this backgrounder on the Crimean War…” With Russian boots on the ground in the Crimea, media outlets…
By The Numbers – Some of the World’s Longest and Shortest Wars
By MHN Staff HISTORY HAS WITNESSED hundreds of civil wars, at least two “world wars” and more than 40 distinct wars of independence. Other conflicts have been named for kings, queens, dogs, pigs, flagpoles, ears, pastries,…
The ‘Cargo Cult’ — How WWII Spawned a Bizarre America-Worshiping Religion on a Remote South Pacific Island
“Known among anthropologists as a “cargo cult,” the movement got its start when the first engineers arrived on the island to build a military airstrip.” THE Second World War led to a number of major…
