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King George V predicted that his son Edward VIII would destroy himself within a year of succeeding t..
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The dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the spread of Perestroika throughout the former Sovie..
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We live in an age of asymmetric warfare. Huge armies no longer face each other on the battlefield. I..