The United States has, for much of its existence, presented itself as a country who prioritize the rights of its citizens. The founding document of the country, the United States Constitution, starts with “We the people” and much of what differentiates this country from many others is this recognition of the rights of the individual.
The 20th century saw the concept of warfare evolve to a horrifying new level. With the advent of globalization, automation and mechanization the art of war was refined to an almost obsessive extent, and perpetual warfare on a global scale became the new normal. Alongside the two World Wars and the two decades the US
In early 1956 Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party, and the Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin arrived on a diplomatic mission to Britain aboard the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze. For the duration of the mission the cruiser was docked in Her Majesty’s Navala Base, Portsmouth. The mission came at a delicate time. Stalin had been