The Battle of Mycale was a pivotal moment in ancient Greek history, marking the end of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

We hear, for instance, of the Per sian war; of Herat, Candahar, Bushire, and DOST MOHAMMED--and we get a vague im pression of places heard of in school-days as somewhere in Afghanistan or Persia ...

Amid rising tensions with the US, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has increased its military presence in the Persian ...

Iraq veterans diagnosed with extremely rare disease that 'shows Gulf War Syndrome exists'.

Tokyo donated $13 billion to the U.S.-led multinational forces during the Persian Gulf War, but the act was dismissed as “checkbook diplomacy” by the rest of the world because Japan provided ...

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008. Pp. xxix, 352. Illus., maps, tables, append., notes, biblio., index . $28.00 paper . ISBN:1591149428. While the Coalition side ...

HW Bush acted to initiate a war in Iraq instead of imposing economic sanctions, drawing criticism from the American people and members of Congress.

The War Zone explores these efforts in depth in ... For those fortunate enough to witness the ‘Persian Cats' at the Kish Air Show, the experience was undoubtedly unforgettable.