George Frost Kennan was, and still remains, a very controversial and legendary figure in American diplomatic history. As a historian,…
In the summer of 1990, concerns were growing that Saddam Hussein, who was massing troops near the border with Kuwait, was…
In the aftermath of Iraq’s crushing defeat during Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, protesters and rebels in the northern…
Brunei, situated on the northern shore of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, is one of the…
In the lead-up to the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, State Department officials realized they would need to deploy scores…
In the Iran-Contra Affair, Colonel Oliver North and others within the National Security Council and CIA used back channels and…
In 1989, change was in the air throughout all of Eastern Europe. Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika –…
Although several resolutions were passed by the UN Security Council imposing sanctions on Iraq, they did not have the desired…
In the days following the decimation of the Iraqi Army during Operation Desert Storm, groups of Iraqi minorities, specifically the…
For Egypt and Syria, the 1967 Six-Day War was a bitter defeat at the hands of long-time foe Israel. They wanted to…