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As the world is learning this morning, George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. …
History is full of wars and conflicts that seem to go on forever. Just look at America’s current wars in Afghanistan (began in 2001) and Iraq (began in 2003), as recent examples. But history is full of very long wars, as well as long series of wars that stretch on for generations. Read the war list of long wars.
The Shiite Houthi forces in Yemen just escalated their ongoing war with Saudi Arabia. As you may know, the Saudis lead a military coalition of…
We just published an email newsletter on the topic of how Cuba’s now-dead dictator, Fidel Castro, was an exporter of war and revolution, and was,…
Why Are Yemen’s Houthis Attacking U.S. Ships? The History of American Intervention in Yemen Over the last week or so, the American navy destroyer USS…
The Naming and Linking of Long Wars History is full of instances of protracted conflict that that can go on for generations between two…
On September 22, 2014, American and Coalition forces hit ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State targets inside Syria. The U.S. attacked with a combination of carrier-based warplanes, cruise missiles,…
A list of wars and conflicts involving Ukraine, those wars that took place while Ukraine was ruled by Russia and the Soviet Union only includes those conflicts that took place on Ukrainian soil.
History of Wars Near Sochi: Wars and Conflicts in the Caucasus Region Since World War One As the world turns its attention to the Olympic…