Obscure History
In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth
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The McMahon-Husayn correspondence has been at the heart of Anglo-Arab relations since the end of World War I. Written in obscure and ambiguous terms, it aroused great controversy, particularly over the issue of Palestine.
1969 Tri-City Apollos Throwback Jersey
(Continental Football League) One of the most obscure teams in pro-foot ball history the Midland Michigan-based Apollos played in the CFL's final season 1969.
Of Myth, Life, and War in Plato's Republic
Although Plato's Republic is perhaps the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that the work remains obscure and enigmatic.
Hong Kong's History
Hong Kong's rise from obscure fishing port to world city is usually put down to good colonial rule by Britain.
The End of Barbary Terror
When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison first tried to settle the issue through diplomacy.
They Knew They Were Right
The neocons have become at once the most feared and reviled intellectual movement in American history. Critics on left and right describe them as a tight-knit cabal that ensnared the Bush administration in an unwinnable foreign war.Who are the neoconservatives?