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Divvying up the Middle East after First World War

Posted by Pat Murphy | May 6, 2016

Beating-up on Britain’s Sir Mark Sykes and France’s Francois Georges-Picot for today’s mess in the Middle East is just plain silly

Posted by Pat Murphy | Apr 17, 2016

Folklore and reality clash when it comes to examining North America’s role in quelling an Irish rebellion

Posted by Pat Murphy | Feb 3, 2016

60 years this month Nikita Khrushchev blew the whistle on (the safely deceased) Josef Stalin’s crimes

Posted by Pat Murphy | Jan 27, 2016

It may be time to shed the glib condescension