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The story of Afghanistan from the 13th century until the present illuminates why the international intervention that began in 2001 failed to deliver.
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When the Cuban Revolution succeeded in January 1959, Fidel Castro had a problem: he was 550 miles from Havana. Undeterred, the would-be leader turned his journey to the capital into a victory march.
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Volume 69 Issue 1 January 2019
- America: the last empire
- Why the British know so little about Irish history
- The conquest of Mexico
- How to champion democracy
- Behind bars in Victorian England
- 17th-century medical care
- Iran and the ‘Old Enemy’