imperialism
Articles about empire, imperialism and anti-imperialism.
21. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
Halfway through the twentieth century, the historian Richard Hofstadter, in his book The American
Political Tradition, examined our important national leaders, from Jefferson and Jackson to Herbert
Hoover and the two Roosevelts—Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives. Hofstadter
12. The Empire and the People
Theodore Roosevelt wrote to a friend in the year 1897: "In strict confidence . . . I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."
Iraq: New government, maximum force
After more than five months of negotiations, Deputy Leader of the Islamic Dawa Party Nouri Al-Maliki was named as the new Iraqi Prime Minister last month, immediatedly promising to end the insurgency
Monday, June 26 2006 @ 11:32 AM GMT-1
Recently the Iraqi security services have been condemned for the widespread employment of death-squads, targeted assassinations and torture, with 1,000 bodies a month now appearing regularly at Baghdad morgue.
0400-2000: Northern Ireland - Is it a religious conflict?
Author's note; this is
an expanded version of a talk given to the Brecon Political and Theological
Discussion Group on Thursday 28th October, 2004. Alternatively it may
be read as a greatly condensed version of my book, Ulster Presbyterianism.
A Brief History of Liberia 1822-1991
A short history of Liberia written by a visitor to the country during the 1991 civil war.
It was intended to be background for a feature in Black Flag that never happened. It probably needs improving, especially on the responses of the people who lived there to their role as supplier of raw materials to the west, but is at least a start.
Liberia
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