War in Iran did not begin in the modern era. In 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran in Operation Countenance to secure the Persian Corridor - a critical supply route that allowed the ...

The dominant figure in Indian politics for nearly two decades, she was elected prime minister four times before being assassinated by her bodyguards.

The Cold War produced a wide range of unconventional military ideas as rival powers sought strategic advantages. Among the more unusual concepts were programs exploring how animals might assist ...

But now comes a small, influential group of hard-line right-wingers who believe that, in the words of one popular meme in such circles, McCarthy was right. McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around ...