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Centuries of Bloodshed — Chechnya’s Long History of Unrest
FOLLOWING FRIDAY’S revelation that the perpetrators of last week’s Boston Marathon bombings originally hailed from Chechnya, the media has been serving up something of a refresher course on the troubled republic, which sits on Russia’s southern…
They Might Be Giants – Conquerors Who Earned The Nickname “The Great”
What do Frederick II of Prussia, the Frankish monarch Charles I, Emperor Constantine I of Rome, and Catherine II of Russia all have in common? Plenty, it turns out. All presided over huge triumphant armies….
Captain Jack Perkins – The First Black Skipper in the Royal Navy
“The character and conduct of Captain Perkins were not less admired by his superior officers in Jamaica, than respected by those of the enemy.” ON SEPT. 6, 1800, the British frigate HMS Meleager of the…
Venezuela on the Brink – Inside the 1902 Crisis that Nearly Sparked a Great Powers War
“While at the time Berlin and London were slowly drifting to war, the estranged powers, along with Italy, did manage to find a common enemy in Cipriano Castro.” LAST MONTH, Venezuelans bid farewell to Hugo…
Sticker Shock and Awe — The Astronomical Cost of America’s Wars
“The Cost of Major U.S. Wars report provides present-day dollar figures (adjusted for inflation) for every U.S. war from the Revolution to the 1991 Persian Gulf War.” (Originally published in 2013) ARMED CONFLICTS DO HARM to…
Runners – The Untold Story of Wartime Desertion
Eddie Slovik was the first to admit that he wasn’t “cut out for combat duty.” And for a time, the U.S. Army agreed. The 24-year-old Detroit native was initially passed over for military service in World…
