The Missile Crisis , which occurred in October 1962, was a diplomatic incident between the United States and the Soviet Union, over the installation of missiles in Cuba. The event is considered the most tense moment of the Cold War when the world had a real chance of succumbing to nuclear war. Back
With the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula, occupied by the Japanese since 1910, was divided at the 38th Parallel:the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. The prevailing tension exploded when North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Th
During the Vietnam War , between 1964 and 1975, a curious and dangerous phenomenon occurred within the US Army... the so-called Fragging (act of attacking a superior in the chain of command with the intention of frightening or killing him, usually using fragmentation grenades; hence its name). The u
As United States dominance spread westward during the 19th century, the question of The administration of justice in the new territories was a serious problem as a result of the lack of a judicial and police system that could approach the one that prevailed in the more civilized regions of the east