Romania
Romania is not the first country that comes to mind when you’re thinking of a vacation. But there it is, a country of enormous [...
Category: Geo-Political
Nazism
The word ‘Nazism’ has come to be synonymous with depravity and genocide. Between 1935-45, at the instigation of the German government, 6 million Jews, [&h...
Russia vis á vis The Soviet Union
It was called ‘Mother Russia!’ A vast land that spanned eleven time zones. It was the land of Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the [&h...
The Middle East Conundrum
Israel & The Palastinians There have been hundreds of books, thousands of articles, and millions of lives lost dealing with the monstrous conundrum we...
The Monroe Doctrine
Forty years after our nation won its independence, we boldly declared that European powers needed to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. It was...
The Balkans
When World War II ended in 1945, the centuries of colonialism were over and subjugated populations around the world sought independence and a voice...
Apartheid
South Africa’s apartheid system has passed but its scars remain. And, given the pervasive racism in our world, it’s worth taking a moment to [&h...
Vietnam and The Domino Theory
The United States and European allies accepted it as Gospel. The result was the killing of more than a million Vietnamese and 70,000 America’s [...
Formosa / Taiwan
Recently Chinese leaders met with President Biden. They made it clear that they would reunite Taiwan with China. They set no timetable and hoped it...
Iran
The purpose of the nearly one hundred Snippets I’ve written is to throw a small light on fascinating aspects of history and, perhaps, provide [...