The Sputnik Moment
When the Soviet Union successfully launched the Sputnik satellites into Orbit in 1957, the United States realised it was shockingly behind in the Space…
Modern History
The Iranian Revolution
The consequences of Iran’s 1979 Revolution under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini continue to be felt today. This revolution can be understood as a…
Hong Kong Island & The Opium Wars
In the year 1841, the British flag was raised over a little known Chinese Island off the coast of Guangzhou that would come to…
Soviet MiG 15: Jet Fighter That Shook The West
The Mikoyan Gurevich aka MiG 15 is one of the most important planes in Aviation History. A product of Stalin’s Soviet Union during the…
Oliver Stone’s JFK
Despite the release of government records in 2017, and the 1964 Warren Commission report, the JFK assassination continues to generate controversy. The official explanation…
The Second Anglo Boer War
The discovery of massive Gold reefs in South Africa’s Transvaal Region in the period 1884-1886 would lead to the Second Anglo Boer War as…
The House of Rothschild
An apt description of the Rothschild Dynasty, a wealthy family descending from Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who began his career as Banker to German…
Mahatma Gandhi’s Forgotten Racism
Mahatma Gandhi: The Forgotten Racism Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s Biography states that his personal quest for truth started in October 1869. Although he is a…
Sykes-Picot Treaty: Roots Of The Palestinian Question
The Sykes–Picot Agreement entered into in 1969 by France and the United Kingdom effectively defined the Arab world as we know it today. The agreement…
Adam Smith: Father Of Free Market Economics
As the world reels under crisis, the creed of market economics does not appear to have delivered on its promise to empower all men…
Vietcong Weapons and Tactics
The Vietcong The Vietcong is responsible for probably one of the biggest Military upsets in History. Led by Ho Chi Mihn, the National Liberation…
The History Of Socialism
The threat to the current Global Economic Order posed by the Coronavirus has exposed the weaknesses of the present Capitalist Liberal system. The quest…