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Thousands of protesters in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, in 2011.
Yemen: A Civil War Centuries in the Making
Great Wall of China
History’s Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy?
a rocket being launched in the Middle East
War and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Today & Yesterday
Tanks rolling off a German assembly line in 1943
The Nature of World War II
Jair Bolsonaro speaking at microphone
Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the Politics of Nostalgia
On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies.
November 11, 1918: The End of World War I?
An influenza hospital at Camp Funston
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A rendering of the Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, which was fought on April 12, 1864 in Tennessee. It ended with a massacre by Confederate soldiers of at least one hundred surrendered black troops serving the Union, exemplifying one of the Civil War's transgressions of the norms of warfare.
The American Civil War, Then and Now
Woodcut print depicting the Second Defenestration of Prague in 1618
Out the Window: Religion, Politics, and a Defenestration in Prague
Royal Irish Rifles in foxhole at Battle of the Somme, 1916
Legacies of the Great War
A child working in a Congolese gold mine in 2009.
A New Congo Crisis?
A memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45) in Yaroslavl.
From Kulikovo Field to Kursk: Russia’s Forever War
Soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad at 75, the Turning Point of World War II in Europe
Palestinians during the first intifada, 1987. (Photo by Peter Stepan)
The Long Shadow of the June 1967 War
Greek amphora, or jug, from c. 540 BCE showing two hoplite phalanxes engaged in combat. Hoplites were the heavy infantry who formed the backbone of most Greek armies in the Classical Age.
A Fragmented History of Ancient Generalship
scene from the video game Valiant Hearts, The Great War
Top Ten Origins: Historically Themed Video Games
Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs
The Bataan Death March
Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol
Six Days That Shook The World
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor, October 1941
Pearl Harbor
Scene from the 11th century Bayeaux Tapestry depicting Norman cavalry attacking Anglo-Saxon soldiers.
The Norman Conquest of England, 1066
Flag of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia--People's Army.
Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?
Flag of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia--People's Army.
Colombia: Al Borde de la Paz con las FARC?
soldiers in Vietnam
Memories of Vietnam in Memoriam
Haile Selassie in 1942
Emperor Haile Selassie I Returns Triumphant to Ethiopia