Origins of the Cold War...

The Cold War was a hostile rivalry that began in the late 1940′’s between the USA and the Soviet Union. It ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The war was called “cold” because the two superpowers never engaged in direct military confrontation,...

Origins of Irish Republ...

In 1867, after wilts and bacterial disease destroyed the crops of the dumbstruck the largely potato-dependant population of Ireland, a pressure group called the Fenians was formed but never succeeded in overpowering the Brits. After almost 49 years, the Irish Nationalist began to launch...