Chamberlin covers a roughly 50 year time period and several regions of the world to point out the violence of the Cold War. “Between the end of World War II and 1990 more than 20 million people died in violent conflicts. Broken down that means that an average of more than 1,200 people died in wars of one type or another everyday for 45 years. Most of them were civilians.”
Chamberlin covers the history of conflicts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East and states:
“This book argues that this violence was not simply an accidental consequence of local wars or super power meddling rather massacres such as My Lai were integral components of the Cold War world.”
The scope of this book is broad so only a superficial glance at each of the areas covered is given. However the book provides a valuable overview about the conflicts that occurred during the Cold War and the role the United States and the Communist Countries played. It pays little attention to uprisings like 1956 in Hungary and 1968 in Czechoslovakia against communist rule. It also is lacking in information on Cuba and South America.
The book will leave the reader with a greater understanding of the wars in Asia and the Middle East between 1945 and 1990.
Overall I rate it 4 out of 5 stars.
Thomas Aquinas is credited as one of the greatest proponents of natural law. During his time in Cologne he was taught by Albertus Magnus. Magnus used the teachings of Aristotle in his mentorship of Thomas Aquinas.
Samuel Adams believed in American Independence from Great Britain. He is one of the most well know Son's of Liberty. On August 1, 1776 he gave a speech to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
This month this community will focus on Natural Law. What is Natural Law? How is it applied in real world situations? What are the alternatives to Natural Law? These are some of the issues that will be discussed this month.
“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”
Lord Acton
