- In retaliation, the US implemented a trade embargo against Cuba, froze Cuban assets, and severed diplomatic ties in 1961.
This is the story of Roy P. Benavidez , sergeant in the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets ) during the Vietnam War. A reconnaissance group consisting of 3 Green Berets and 9 Montagnard (indigenous people from the central highlands of Vietnam who fought alongside US soldiers) were ambu
Richard Millhaus Nixon is one of the least popular post-war American presidents. Ive never seen an article that highly appreciates Nixon, and its a shame in America! Why is it so hated that Ive even seen an article saying that? Is the evaluation really valid? Richard Nixon before becoming pres
I think Im a big world history enthusiast, but I first learned the name Martin Van Buren when I wrote this blog. It seems that the era from the American Revolutionary War to the Civil War is called the Jackson era, but the president from Jackson to Lincoln actually has little achievement to say th
The Big Stick Policy is a reference to US President Theodore Roosevelts (1858 - 1919) style of resolving diplomatic conflicts. In a speech that took place in 1901, during a fair in Minnesota, the president used an African proverb that says:with smooth speech and a big club, you go far . This was t