Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as... →
Stephen Kinzer
The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend off... →
One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes.
Turkey and Brazil, though half a world apart geographically, have much in common. Both are large countries that spent long years under military... →
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history.
The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.
'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in this... →
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
Rudyard Kipling
My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where the... →
Martin Kippenberger
East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems... →
William Kirby