The 17th parallel in Vietnam served as both a boundary between warring factions and as the backdrop for the Cold War fight that raged in Vietnam and throughout the world.
Examines the conflict in Vietnam as a nationalistic fight to eliminate the artificial divisions created by French colonialism and American Cold War policies.
Looks at the history of the boundary which served as the barrier between the North and the South and represented the tensions over slavery.
Looks at the history of the boundary which served as the barrier between the North and the South and represented the tensions over slavery.
This series examines the important issue of the significance of arbitrary borders in world history These studies describe arbitrary borders as places where people interact differently from the way they would had the boundary not existed Analytical, but easy to read, these brief …
Discusses the forty-year competition between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies.
The six-week period in 1989, known as the Velvet Revolution, brought the overthrow of the Czechoslovak regime and ushered in a free democracy.
Explores the changing political boundaries and their effects on theCzech people during the twentieth century.