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A failed war helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now Putin's failing war in Ukraine might set Russia...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoviet troops cross into Uzbekistan during the withdrawal from Afghanistan on February 6,...
Doomed to failure: Russia failed to heed lessons from history before invading Ukraine
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEight years in Vietnam. Nine years in Afghanistan. Twenty years in Afghanistan. Eight years in Iraq....
Operation Cyclone: The CIA's covert program to arm the mujahideen
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn Afghan Mujahid demonstrates positioning of a soviet-built SA-7 hand-held surface-to-air missile....
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne man can change history. Mikhail Gorbachev’s one-time Marxist comrades would dispute that....
Amarillo honors Vietnam War veterans with ceremony and traveling exhibit
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAmarillo organizations and the community will gather to honor area veterans as part of National...
Israel falls into the "Vietnam trap": Increasingly brutal tactics will only lead to disaster
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIsrael soldier Yom Kippur War of 1973 Keystone/Getty Images Orde Wingate, a legendary and eccentric...
How Ukraine could become Putin's 'Vietnam,' say military analysts
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHanoi and a tank in the Russia-Ukraine war.Markus Egolf/Getty Images and Anadolu/Getty Images It's...
Ukraine says it has downed double the number of warplanes Moscow lost in Afghanistan
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUkrainian forces have destroyed 278 Russian aircraft during eight months of fighting, more than...
Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy: Human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Jimmy Carter, right, surrounded by journalists after announcing he was lifting the travel...
Dan Rather Remembers the 'Toughest' Goodbyes to His Children and Wife: 'You May Not Come Back'...
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring more than seven decades in news, Rather has traveled to Vietnam, Afghanistan and beyond — but...