Category: Modern History

Issues in the Middle East

Many Americans when they begin to hear the countries of Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. thrown around

Without a doubt, the most influential innovation of the second half of the 20th century was the internet. So much

On Christmas Day 1991, Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev announced to the world in his farewell speech, “We’re now living

As the 1970s came to a close, it was easy to see that the world particularly the Middle-East was on

The decades following World War 2 served to deepen the divide between the left and the right in America as

Have you ever really considered why oil is such a big deal? In case you didn’t know, oil is much

Even though all Americans technically had the right to vote, many southern states made it difficult for blacks. They often

Our discussions have brought us into the 1960s and this is the decade that saw the major victories in the

During Eisenhower’s early years in office, the issue of Vietnam came before him. Vietnam was a portion of the larger

When Americans think of the 1950s, many of us conjure up images of wives in aprons and dads returning home