Twelve books recommended by Ralph Peters to guide readers who want to learn more about a subject that shaped the world we live in today - and that still creates world crises - the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Read MoreA review of The World's Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization says the book is almost unrelentingly grim but should be in the library of every military and political leader for what it teaches.
Read MoreHistorian and Armchair General Advisory Board Member Carlo D'Este reflects on the significant events of 2009 including the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and "going green."
Read MoreInformation on a unique tour called Cold War Insights: The U-2 Incident 50 Years Later, led by Francis Gary Powers Jr., son of the American U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union, August 17, 1960
Read MoreSheikh Hasina, newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and Carl Ciovacco explain how Pakistan can loosen the hold of al Qaida and the Taliban by eradicating opium poppy farming, using a program similar to a successful one in Bangladesh.
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