History, Modern, 20Th Century
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Averting An Iranian Geopolitical Crisis
A Tale of Power Play for Dominance Between Colonial Powers, Tribal and Government Actors in the Pre and Post World War One Era by H. RamHormozi
Caught between the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Russian sphere of influence in the north, and the British colonial territories in India and the Middle East, Iran at the end of the nineteenth century was a hotly contested strategic battleground. ...
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Head-On: British Columbia's Deadliest Railway Accident
by Mark Wilson
A 22-year-old Canadian National Railways telegrapher was blamed for a violent collision between a transcontinental passenger train and a troop train on Nov. 21, 1950. The head-on crash caused 21 deaths and was British Columbia’s deadliest railway ...
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Head-On: British Columbia's Deadliest Railway Accident
by Mark Wilson
A 22-year-old Canadian National Railways telegrapher was blamed for a violent collision between a transcontinental passenger train and a troop train on Nov. 21, 1950. The head-on crash caused 21 deaths and was British Columbia’s deadliest railway ...
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Cairo Rewind
The first two years of Egypt’s Revolution 2011-2013 by Azza Radwan Sedky
Three 20th century Egyptian leaders—Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak—shaped today’s Egypt, but their regimes left much to be desired politically, socially, and economically. In 2011, the January 25 Revolution promised a better future calling for “Bread, ...
