… premise of a revolution is that the existing social structure has become incapable of solving the urgent problems of development of the nation’ Leon Trotsky, Russian Revolutionary Throughout the twentieth century every society in the world…

… the times of Columbus to the reign of Fidel Castro, Cuba has been colonized by Spain, influenced by the United States, and ruled by many tyrant-like dictators. During this time two major revolutions took place. The first, against the Spanish…

… war. Though this is true there are arguments that the British “lost” the war more than the Americans “won” it. The Americans were under the control of the British and the Americans at first did not even have the intention of independence. Then…

… opera according to his own creative definition with revolutionary zeal (Richard Wagner Biography, Arizona Opera). Adolph Hitler and his Nazi party enjoyed many of Wagner's works; this negative publicity has caused people hate Wagner and his…

… 1189 to 1199. Richard was also known as Richard the Lion Hearted or Richard Coeur de Lion. He was of three sons of Henry the II, The first King of the Plantagenet Dynasty. His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was born in Oxford, England on Septemb…

… is a land of different cultures and has a history of as many different types of government, mostly dictatorships. Most of South America won independence from Spain and Portugal between 1810 and 1824. In 1823, President James Monroe enunciated…

… how the superpowers achieved their position of dominance. It seems that the maturing of the two superpowers, Russia and the United States, can be traced to World War II. To be a superpower, a nation needs to have a strong economy, an overpowering mi…

… investment in stocks. Many investors profited quickly, but since the market was no regulated corrupt brokers manipulated many. One of the big reasons people were drawn to the stock market was because you could buy shares "on margin," a form of credited…

… Laird (1854-1937), eighth prime minister of Canada (1911-1920). Borden led the Canadian government during the critical years of World War I (1914-1918), when Canada was coming to political and economic maturity. His broad vision and sound judgment…

… plantation (Stratford) in Westmoreland County, Virginia, was destined for greatness. Through his father, General Henry Lee, the celebrated "Light Horse Harry" of Revolutionary War fame, and his mother, Ann Hill Carter, he was a member of two of…