How Napoleon Made Some People Adore Him and Others Hate Him?
Napoleon Bonaparte used the press to promote himself and his battles. One of the most powerful and popular people from the beginning of the 19th century founded six newspapers. His aim was to glorify his battles and his heroic capabilities.
Read MoreHe Knew People: A Private Citizen Was a Powerful Political Player
A man whose career success happened when he left an official diplomatic activity.
Read MoreWas the “Cold War” Actually a War?
The constant threat of a nuclear strike from either side was something people lived with every day…
Read MoreDid Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern People Love War?
Ancient, Medieval, and early modern people saw war as a means to an end. In general, they saw war as something they have to do to obtain something else, because there is no other, better option.
Read MoreA Secret Conversation On Cuban-Sponsored Guerilla Warfare in Transit Through Prague
In 1967 Aldo Flores, a member of the PCB Central Committee, participated as a Bolivian CP delegate to the SED Congress in Berlin and then visited the USSR. He wanted to use his transit through Prague to inform the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia of recent events in Bolivia…
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