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Book: Dogs of War – by Frederick Forsyth (1974)

Suppose you are in the turbulent time period of the 1960′s – 1970′s when various colonial ruled countries in Africa were reaching their independence. There were many different influences working in the countries at that point of time, the Soviet Union was trying to get regimes to be in its favor. Many of these countries [...]

In High Places by Arthur Hailey (1960)

Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a novelist very popular for some of his books such as Wheels, Airport, Hotel, Overload, etc. He was not that prolific, in the sense that he wrote in total around 10-12 books, but some of his books such as Wheels, Airport, and Hotel were very [...]

Movie: Nixon (1994) – Directed by Oliver Stone

It is very rare that an American President gets impeached, and leaving aside the case of Bill Clinton (who was almost thrown out for lying about Monica Lewinsky), Richard Nixon was the US President who would most certainly have been the one who was impeached if he had not resigned. As it is, at the [...]

Movie: : The Battleship Potemkin (1925)

The Battleship Potemkin is a classic Russian movie, released in 1925. It is a silent movie, also known by another name ‘he Battleship Potyomkin’ as well as by the Russian name of ‘Bronyenosyets Potyomkin’. The movie was directed by Sergei Eisenstein, and was based on the real life story of the actual crew of the [...]