Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzeris an American author, journalist and academic. A former newspaper reporter, the veteran New York Times correspondent has filed stories from more than fifty countries on five continents, as well as published several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 August 1951
CountryUnited States of America
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One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes.
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Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya.
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'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in this way, to bring it to spectacular life.
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The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.
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The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend off Mongol conquerors, but at a terrible cost. Turks, Persians, and Russians sought to seize Chechnya, and it was finally absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1859.
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Archaeologists have made discoveries that challenge fundamental traditions of Judaism as well as those of Christianity and Islam.
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Iranians launched their constitutional revolution in 1906 and established their parliament soon afterward.
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As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.
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Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned.
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Congress, it turns out, is filled with Republicans and Democrats eager to act as enablers for the most repressive forces in Iran.
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The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work.
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The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War.
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During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
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No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.