Operation Mongoose involved a broad array of activities, including intelligence gathering, sabotage operations, the hunt for leaders inside Cuba who might be able to topple Cuban President Fidel Castro, and much more. The Cuban Plan, … Read more
Megan’s Law is the name of a federal (and an unofficial title of later state laws) legislation in the United States that requires law enforcement agencies to provide the public with information regarding registered sexual … Read more
The Cuban missile crisis, (October 1962), a major confrontation which brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closer to war, over the Soviet presence in Cuba of nuclear-capable missiles. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders from … Read more
The Open Door Policy was an important foreign policy statement of the United States issued in 1899 and 1900 aimed at protecting the rights of all countries to equal trade with China and reaffirming the … Read more
Learn more about espionage during the American Revolution in the “Espionage That Created the Nation” exhibit. Here you will find a range of key sources on NATO, espionage and security during the Cold War. After … Read more
Although the protracted Iran-Iraq war ended in an UN-brokered ceasefire in August 1988, the two states had yet to begin negotiations on a permanent peace treaty in mid-1990. When Saddam refused to leave the country, … Read more
Given Britain’s dependence on Chinese silk, ceramics, and tea exports, opium was the only commodity that could save Britain’s balance of payments in Asia from a ruinous deficit. Opium Wars and Foreign Encroachments In the … Read more
Korea was placed under military rule by Japan in 1905 and annexed in 1910 as part of Japan’s 35-year imperialist expansion. Japanese colonization, Korean independence, and Japan’s annexation of Korea in August 1910 led to … Read more
Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that operated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. It was established in 1938 … Read more
The Russell 2000 Index, created in 1984 by Frank Russell & Company, is a stock index of 2,000 small companies with capital. The Russell 500 is the S & P 500, which is a benchmark … Read more