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In a Europe dominated by empires in the early years of the twentieth century, ethnic nationalism is challenging the status quo, threatening to throw the continent into an unfathomable turmoil. To hedge against this impending war, the different European leaders embarked on strengthening the alliances they had formed. Appearing the most vulnerable to this phenomenon is the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is situated at the heart of Europe and whose citizens come from Europe's three major language groups. But strangely enough, its emperor Franz Josef is loved by the majority of all...

El nombre Gandhi destaca sobre todos los demás en el panorama político de la India por muy buenas razones. El “alma” de la India moderna –Mahatma Gandhi– llevaba ese apellido; La primera y única primera ministra o jefa de Estado de la India, Indira Gandhi, se casó con ese nombre; y Rajiv Gandhi entró a regañadientes en la política y se convirtió en Primer Ministro de la India como un Gandhi. Dejaron legados positivos, pero fueron asesinados por extremistas con agendas exclusivas y retorcidas. Y resultó que sus muertes contribuyeron al avance de la humanidad. ¿Qué tenían ...

This succinct narrative effortlessly takes us through a millennium and a half of the formative history of the land that is at the center of geopolitics today. As the first part of a breathtaking account that takes us hand-in-hand through the landmark history of the land variously described as "The Holy Land", “The Promised Land", Israel and Palestine, this narrative provides unique insight into plans — attempted and not yet articulated — to resolve the conflict between two peoples or nations with deep connections to the land, but who are not living there in peace because they are ...

There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being the real thing, the true inheritor of a legacy, the upholder of the identity others strive to be attached to. In this account, we see two narratives that oppose one another, but that ought to complement each other. How do a people so divided by history embrace their common heritage or denominator as the children of Kievan Rus, but who later became known as the frontier people (Ukrainians)? "The Real Ukrainians" is the first part of an account that would take us hand-in-hand through our journey that would make us enlightened regarding the ...

Countries, continents, and the world at large experience jolts that move them away from their evolutionary if not reformatory paths, resulting in seismic changes that transform them fundamentally. Assassinations are one of the potent catalysts for these changes as they lead to wars, political changes, and even economic transformations. Below is an insight into far-reaching political assassinations that are still haunting the world today: Franz Ferdinand: Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serb nationalist kills the Archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, thereby sparking off World War One...

En este relato innovador, el autor lleva al lector por el pasillo de los acontecimientos y la historia innovadores hasta la realidad de que hoy es Ucrania, el conflicto de Ucrania, la Europa posterior a la Guerra Fría y el controvertido mundo unipolar liderado por Estados Unidos. La complejidad de Ucrania, su historia, su política y la guerra multifacética que el dividido pueblo ucraniano no anticipó hace dos décadas se vuelve fácil de entender, sentando las bases para una solución a lo que muchos expertos piensan que es un conflicto intratable. El autor lo logró con una perspicacia...

In this groundbreaking account, the author takes the reader down the aisle of groundbreaking events and history to the reality that today is Ukraine, the Ukraine Conflict, post-Cold-war Europe, and the controversial American-led unipolar world. The complexity of Ukraine, its history, politics, and the multi-faceted war the divided Ukrainian people did not anticipate two decades ago becomes easy to understand, laying the foundations for a solution to what many pundits think is an intractable conflict. The author achieved that with an insight and presentation that makes this account a ...

In pursuit of revenge, former French commando Rene Roccard embarks on a cause to assassinate underground leader Ruben Um that takes him from New York to Europe and Africa. Relentless on his heels is veteran American journalist Clement Coulther as they join a motley bunch in a journey of love and betrayal, fear and hope, damnation and salvation, war and death, redemption, and peace. Rene leads the bloody campaign by the Franco-Cameroonian army against the Ruben-inspired rebellion, a dirty war steals the innocence of bright-eyed Gavin by exposing the child to a world of power, glory, money, ...

Cette première partie du récit des hégémons qui ont façonné le monde occidental est une histoire millénaire impliquant la Rome antique et la nature de son monde qui impliquait les empires contre lesquels elle s'est battue, les terres et les peuples qu'elle a conquis, les invasions « barbares » qu'elle a vaincues et n'a pas réussi à arrêter, et l'influence qu'elle a exercée en Europe. L'Afrique et le Moyen-Orient, ce qui en fait la cible de puissants non-Romains déterminés à le contrôler tout en chérissant sa civilisation, les attributs positifs qui constituent le noyau du ...

Questa narrazione succinta ci porta senza sforzo attraverso un millennio e mezzo della storia formativa della terra che è al centro della geopolitica di oggi. Come prima parte di un racconto mozzafiato che ci porta mano nella mano attraverso la storia fondamentale della terra variamente descritta come "La Terra Santa", "La Terra Promessa", Israele e Palestina, questa narrazione fornisce una visione unica dei piani – tentati e non ancora articolati – per risolvere il conflitto tra due popoli o nazioni con profondi legami con la terra, ma che non vivono lì in pace perché sono ...

Surnommé par de nombreux experts « la guerre la plus stupide du monde », le conflit ukrainien est un conflit que presque personne n'avait prévu en 2010. Cependant, il arrive déjà à une décennie. Dans ce conflit dans une Ukraine également divisée, la stratégie de la corde raide des acteurs locaux du pays, de l'Occident qui veut entraîner l'Ukraine dans son orbite et de la Russie qui craint de perdre l'Ukraine et sa sécurité dans le processus, est la norme. Dans le même temps, le monde regarde d'une manière apparemment impuissante alors que l'Ukraine se déchire dans les ...

Cameroon, a beautiful country situated opposite the middle portion of Brazil, on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean, is bordered by six countries, of which Nigeria is the most prominent neighbor. It appears on maps like a heavily pregnant mother carrying a baby on her back. Apportioned to Germany during the 1884 Berlin conference that carved up Africa, Berlin treated German Kamerun as a treasured colony until Great Britain and France captured the land during the First World War, partitioned it into British Cameroons and French Cameroun and then lorded it over the people for four decades...

Janvier T. Chando provides a succinct and illuminating account of the transformation of men of war into leaders of peace in a region with a chronic history of conflict. The reader comes out from this presentation of the humble origins and rise to prominence of Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt with a better understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the motivation of the key players, their hopes, their fears, and dreams, as well as the hidden and untold forces compelling the players to seek salvation or damnation. This brilliant narration of the two assassinated heads of ...

Camerún es el único país de África donde aquellos que hicieron campaña, lucharon y murieron por la libertad y la independencia del país del dominio colonial nunca han llegado al poder, donde las ideas e ideales de estos unión-nacionalistas todavía están siendo suprimidos por el sistema impopular que el amo colonial puso en marcha en el país después de derrotar a estos nacionalistas cívicos en una guerra sangrienta descrita de diversas maneras como la guerra genocida de Francia en África. Este sistema retrasado impuesto por Francia mantiene al país atrapado en la pobreza, la ...

A bright-eyed explorer and soldier in the German colonial army in Kamerun adopts Josef Nana Njike and takes him to Germany. While in Germany, Josef studies Agronomy, flirts with leftist political ideologies, and is humbled by the realities of his new world and the expectations of the world he left behind in Africa. He returns to German Kamerun after failing to marry his first love, and without their son, Hans. He sets about pursuing his dream as his benefactor's disciple with a mission. Josef is a man with unusual strengths and makes unprecedented sacrifices while building his business ...

This succinct narrative effortlessly takes us through a millennium and a half of the formative history of the land that is at the center of geopolitics today. As the first part of a breathtaking account that takes us hand-in-hand through the landmark history of the land variously described as "The Holy Land", “The Promised Land", Israel and Palestine, this narrative provides unique insight into plans — attempted and not yet articulated — to resolve the conflict between two peoples or nations with deep connections to the land, but who are not living there in peace because they are ...

PREVAILED: Donald Trump’s 2024 Victory makes a compelling read right from the opening chapters, as it encapsulates the political journey of Donald Trump in an insightful and electrifying manner. The author takes the reader hand-in-hand through the 45th president of the United States of America's journey to become the 47th president in a process that seems to defy lawsuits, assassination attempts, the machinery of the legacy media, the political establishment, and the “Powers without a Face”. Defying propaganda, staying indifferent to opinions not based on facts, ignoring outright lies...

En "Fuego y Lamentaciones", Janvier T. Chando ofrece a los lectores relatos sucintos de las vidas, los ideales y las muertes prematuras de las destacadas figuras políticas cuyos asesinatos conmocionaron a la sociedad estadounidense, desencadenaron transformaciones políticas internas y alteraron fundamentalmente la política exterior de los Estados Unidos de America, de modo que el país perdiera para siempre su inocencia. A lo largo de un siglo, las muertes a tiros de cuatro presidentes de los Estados Unidos (Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, James A. Garfield y John F. Kennedy) y del ...

In this brave and chilling account of the post-Soviet space, the author provides us with a fascinating insight into Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the other republics of the Soviet Union through the larger-than-life character of Boris Petrenkov who leads us by the hand through his world, his mind, and the characters he interacts with. This smooth and fascinating ride into a part of the world that people find mysterious comes with explosive revelations that take us through history from the times of Kievan Rus a millennia ago, to the Golden Horde of the Mongols, czarist Russia, the Soviet ...

As a German colony from 1884-1916, Kamerun was called "The African Pearl" for its human and material potential, and for its strategic position in Africa. The defeat of Germany in the First World War and the partition of the colony into British Cameroons and French Cameroon did not diminish the area's outsize role in the political and economic evolution of the continent. So, the quest by the land's civic nationalists to reunite the British-controlled and French-controlled territories and make Cameroon independent, raised concerns among the colonialists in Britain and France, who planned to ...