On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced to the watching world that Russian military forces were orchestrating a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The offensive was the largest in Europe since World War II. However, this is not the first time that Vladimir Putin and the upper brass of…
The Fall of Czar Nicholas II [Dan McEwen is a Canadian novelist [A Force of Nature] and former corporate wordsmith who ventures into the pages of history with endless fascination. [danielcmcewen@gmail.com] [Although a reluctant czar, Nicholas 2nd resisted every move to limit his powers. Big mistake. Dan McEwen traces…
This article is on Joseph Stalin's accomplishments. Despite his well-deserved reputation as the most brutal authoritarian ruler in the twentieth century (with only Hitler or Mao as competition), the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. Joseph Stalin's Accomplishments Stalin wanted control of…