Leading commentators examine the Afghan debacle and its parallels with previous British and Soviet occupations
This volume presents the best scholarly thinking about why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in modern US foreign policy and international politics. The years since the announcement of the invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush in 2003 have revealed that the WMD threat …
Traces the early history of Nigeria from inception to civil war, and the complex events that defined the conflict in Biafra, revealing how and why this awful event played out, and the scars that it has since left on the psyche of the disunited federation that has continued to ex…
A concise, easy-to-reference guide to fundamental information about the Civil War. Each chapter closes with a multiple-choice quiz
Argues that removing American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan will allow for better focus on countering the forces of radical Islam