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In one specific section of his book, Tomlinson details that to qualify for the Increment, a certain amount of time must be served with MI6: “...SAS and SBS personnel must have served for at least five ...
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched 'Maratha War of Independence' by Abhas Verma, highlighting the Marathas' resistance ...
Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...
Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.
Faced with mounting aggression from Venezuela, Guyana should focus on developing cheap capabilities and expanding conventional ground forces.
Events on June 25 will mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, but the truth is that the US was a willing ...
Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." ...
The Guerrilla Warfare Myth. ... In his book, Hue: 1968, journalist Mark Bowden (of Blackhawk Down fame) quotes an arresting exchange between a congressman and an air force general.
The Sanyasi Rebellion. The three-year famine of 1769-71. The war cry of “Jai Bhawani”. All themes from the classic Anandamath, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, published in 1882. A ...
Books of Interest Fred Grant at Vicksburg: ... There is no coverage of the colonial wars, nor of the Indian Wars, nor anything about guerrilla and counter-guerrilla operations during the War of 1812, ...
During Guatemala's entire civil war, 1960-1996, some 200,000 deaths or disappearances were reported by the BBC, primarily among the indigenous. (Amnesty International provides a similar estimate.) ...