Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.
No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.
Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building where...
Adroit geo-strategists take new realities into account as they try to imagine how global politics will unfold. In the foreign policy business, however, inertia is a powerful force and 'adroit' a littl...
The revolution of 1893 and the annexation that followed undermined a culture and ended the life of a nation. Compared to what such operations have brought to other countries, though, this one ended we...
We based our government on the doctrine promulgated in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created free and equal and are by nature entitled to certain inalienable rights, which are menti...
There was no response. Soon afterward, a skiff flying the Spanish flag approached the Charleston. Two Spanish officers came aboard and apologized for not having returned the American salute because th...
'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in this way, to bring it to spectacular life.
General Federico Tinoco,
A few of the world's most famous non-American novelists have large followings in the United States, among them Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Guenter Grass, who were both popular even before winning the N...
In a ravenous fifty-five-day spasm during the summer of 1898, the United States asserted control over five far-flung lands with a total of 11 million inhabitants: Guam, Hawaii, Cuba, the Philippines,...
Imbued as he was with the idea that only whites could rule the islands efficiently, he was able to consider this a form of patriotism.
The battle in defense of natural resources.
President Kennedy does not announce a clear decision, but the group proceeds as if the United States does support the coup.
Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.
To kill weeds, you must pull them up at the roots,
Was brought into the firm, but his network of global contacts quickly paid off. Within the firm he became known as the little minister. Although he often worked in Europe, he also became the firm’s ke...
Like many American regime change operations, Operation Ajax seemed like a success at first.
Americans overthrew governments only when economic interests coincided with ideological ones.
Dulles had two lifelong obsessions: fighting Communism and protecting the rights of multinational corporations.
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