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Were there sinister motives behind founding Liberia?
In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...
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Sydney Harbor Attack: Australia’s Sudden Descent into War
On May 31, 1942, war reached Australia's shores for the first time, as Sydney Harbor was thrust into chaos. Just before ...
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Avoiding the Third World Wars
The United States is involved to varying degrees in four regional conflicts that have the potential to evolve into a global conflagration. Wars are currently ...
Along with the ideals it expresses, the Declaration of Independence mourns for something people lost in 1776 − and now, too
For all the festivities around July 4, the nation’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence, actually depicts a ...
How the U.S. Army was born - and a free nation realized
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...
US warship arrives in Australia ahead of war games, summit
A key U.S. warship arrived in Australia on Saturday ahead of joint war games and the first summit between Prime Minister ...
Lord Nelson's fateful words written just three days before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar
The British naval hero is primed for action as he writes from on board HMS Victory that he 'hopes for a good battle which God ...
‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy
First Nations games predate the Ancient Greek Olympics by tens of thousands of years – this history should be reflected in ...