… Decisions of March 11, 1953, W.W. Rostow, University of Texas Press (Austin), 1982. The death of Josef Stalin in 1953 had a dramatic impact on international affairs. With his death came a number of possibilities for peace in Europe and…

… began in 1812 and lasted until early 1815. President James Madison requested a declaration of war to protect American ships on the high seas and to stop the British from impressing or seizing U.S. sailors. U.S. ships were being stopped and searched…

… January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born to Josiah and Abian Franklin. Benjamin was one of seventeen children. His father made soap and candles in his shop, The Sign of Blue Ball. At the age of eight Ben was kept out of school to assist…

… influential man whom through many adversaries came to power in Germany, by manipulating the people of that time. Hitler a very persuasive orator, raised the ranks of the government quickly, and even after losing the 1932 election in Germany to Hindenbur…

… after the establishment of the freedom of the press in 1694, the conditions were perfect for a development of a new understanding of knowledge. John Locke, who, in the field of theology, found his starting point, like most prominent thinkers of the…

… of many gods, including Uitzilopochtli (the sun god), Coyolxauhqui (the moon goddess), Tlaloc (the rain god), and Quetzalcoatl (inventor of writing and the calendar, who was also associated with resurrection)(AC). The gods were most often fed captured…

… ended in 1918. During this time the government formed the Australian Imperial Force ( AIF ) at no stage was Oz directly threatened by war the troops of the AIF were sent to fight overseas and were joined by New Zealand troops. The combined troops…

… Russians are a perfect match. This history started in the middle of the first thousand years A.D. when the tribes called the Southern Slavs migrated into the southeast area of Europe known as the Balkans. The Slav people as they are known, were separat…

… battles where the right man in the right place at the right time can alter the course of history. Others say that the forces of history are inexorable and mere mortals can barely hope to influence, much less deflect or halt them. The Battle of Britain…

… the Southwest. It is said that he murdered twenty men. There is some evidence to show that it might have been less though” (“Billy the Kid”). “Along with a host of actors, novelists, poets…they have participated in the ongoing ballyhoo, now more than…