Prof. Carl Leiden Andrew Mango, in his definitive biography of Atatürk, begins his book with the following sentence: “Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is one of the most important statesmen of the twentieth century.” I have italicized two words that can be deleted and if we change “statesmen” to the singular we can say, and I believe […]
CONTINUE READINGDr. Pipes presented an excellent analysis of the threat of violence against the modern world. He did not agree with the Administration’s identification as terrorism. He clearly and accurately identified the enemy as an ideological militant Islam. “In general, I think the US government and many other institutions have made a profound mistake in declaring […]
CONTINUE READINGDr. Andrew Mango Throughout the history of humanity, the possession of territory has been an important, possibly the most important, object of conflict. Tribes, peoples, nations – what sociologists call primordial communities – have fought over land. In their fight they have sought to dispossess, assimilate, evict or reduce to subordinate status people they considered […]
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