Ever since the first Portuguese ships began to ply the shores of sub-Saharan Africa, the “dark continent” has existed in the Western mind as a passive, helpless entity.
The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel), was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France.
Couples of Chinese men and Western women are a rarity. Why is that? Jocelyn, an American who has a Chinese husband, explores the reasons.
Timeline; Economic history; Military history; Territorial evolution; Berlin; Women’s history; Names of Germany
I am 30 now but still living with my parents. It is demoralizing. I have never felt fully happy because even as a I was semi-conscious of the fact
Argument What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? We asked everyone from an ex-president of Pakistan to a former Afghan spy chief to weigh in.
Saint, Catholic, Church, Holy, Impossible, results, A Brief Biography of Saint Jude Thaddeus, Apostle and Martyr, this web page includes information gathered from both Sacred Scripture – the Bible – and the early history of the Catholic Church, St. Jude was the man of another Apostle, Saint James the Less, also called the Just, both
I wonder if it’s even possible to find 10 ways american women are better than foreign women. Can anyone think of one?
Can a period film titled “Beirut” offer anything but a maelstrom of godforsaken conflict? Yes, to a degree. Jon Hamm delivers a career-reviving performance, riding a roller-coaster character arc as a disillusioned former diplomat in crisis. While the larger issues underlying Lebanon’s endless
Abraham Lincoln and Foreign Affairs. Featured Book. Burton J. Hendrick, Statesmen of the Lost Cause (Little, Brown & Co., 1939) On May 11, 1863 Lord Richard Lyons, the British Minister visited President Abraham Lincoln to present a formal announcement “that her son, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, is about to contract a …