Category Archives: History

About Afghanistan

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

In the summer of 2005 I spent 30 days in four provinces of Afghanistan as an unpaid consultant to a non-profit organization, The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. The financing for this consultation (travel expense, primarily) was provided by the Stockholm-Kista … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Government & Politics, History | Tagged Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA Afghanistan and Bin Ladin from the Soviet Invasion to 10 September 2001, Hindu Kush, Peter Hopkirk, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Tim Foxley, Wardak | Leave a comment

The Siege of Leningrad

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

How can a story about the purposeful murder of 650,000 people be wonderful? When the story of a few survivors is so poetically and lovingly told, as in The Siege by Helen Dunmore. The siege of Leningrad lasted from September, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War & Peace | Tagged Baltic Sea, Battle of Moscow, Helen Dunmore, Leningrad, Nazi invasion of Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, Saint Petersburg, siege of Leningrad, Soviet Union, St. Petersburg Russia | Leave a comment

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