The Vietnam Years

by Herminne Tonita - One of the landmarks of Washington DC is massive building of white marble. It is a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. Close by, almost hidden in the ground, stands another memorial. This is not to one man but to many. It is along wall of polished black marble and on it are carved many thousands of names. The names of those young Americans who died in the Vietnam War. Vietnam...

Make Love Not War

by Herminne Tonita - When you see each day how mush the society we live in has evolved you come to wonder why are there still wars going on in some parts of the world? How can it be? Why is that in 2007 there are people who can't work out their problems by some other methods and they choose to kill, destroy, betray? If we claim that humanity is trying the best it can to preserve the global...

The Roman Conquest of Britain

by Monique Barb - The city of ancient Rome was the most powerful city in the world over 2000 years ago. Her armies conquered much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. When the Romans conquered Gaul (modern France), they met resistance from chieftains who had powerful allies on the other side of the English Channel. As you have seen, the Belgae of southeastern England originally came...

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars

by Monique Barb - The Napoleonic Wars, a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's rule over France (1799 - 1815), took place mainly in Europe but also involved some other parts of the world. They continued to some extent the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789. In 1789 the French Revolution beganonly a few years after the end of the American War of Independence. The...

The Battle of Waterloo

by Monique Barb - Napoleon, having escaped from Elba in February 1815, marched on Paris and, having acquired a large army, decided to crush the British and Prussian armies in the Low Countries before they could be reinforced by armies from Austria and Russia. By the 15th June, 1815, he had massed his soldiers near Charleroi, the dividing line between the British soldiers and the Prussians. The...