1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings The history of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during …
1990-1991: The Gulf War Noam Chomsky on the 1991 US and UK war with Iraq following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1990-1991: Resistance to the Gulf War An account of the worldwide movement of resistance to the 1990-91 Gulf War. The resistance mainly took the form of strikes, marches, base…
Iraqi mass mutiny in the Gulf War, 1990-1991 History of the widespread desertion and mutiny in the Iraqi military which saw the rapid end of the occupation of Kuwait and the Gulf War of…
The US invasion of Grenada, 1983 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn's account of the American invasion of the small Caribbean island of Grenada, ostensibly to 'protect' US citizens, but in…
The Mayaguez affair, 1975 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn's account of the brief but disatrous invasion of a Cambodian island by a small US force which suffered massive casualties…
The Cold War, 1940-1989 - Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky explains the nature of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1989.
1957-1975: The Vietnam War Howard Zinn's short history of the war in Vietnam from the beginning of the Communist insurgency in 1957 until the defeat of US and South…
The Iran-Contra affair, 1986 - Noam Chomsky Chomsky's brief account of the US selling arms to Iran via Israel in order to fund far-right paramilitary contras in Nicaragua.
1970-1990: The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador Noam Chomsky on the ultra-violent war of the right-wing regime in El Salvador against grassroots…
1833-1849: The Dorr Rebellion Howard Zinn's history of a movement in the United States against a political system which permitted the vote only to landowners. Drafting their…