WebAttempts to conceptualize something similar to a modern "military–industrial complex" existed before Eisenhower's address. Ledbetter finds the precise term used in 1947 in close to its later meaning in an article in Foreign Affairs by Winfield W. Riefler. In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills had claimed in his book The Power Elite that a class of military, business, …

WebIslamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) Part of the Iraqi conflict (2003–present): Fighters of a self-defense group in northeastern Iraq in June 2018. ISIS still has a presence in remote areas of the country, often attacking small villages and forcing the locals to fight or flee. Date: 9 December 2017 – present (4 years, 11 months and 2 weeks)

WebAmerican-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Part of the War against the Islamic State (Operation Inherent Resolve), the War in Iraq (2013–2017), Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present), and the War on terror: An American F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS George H.W. Bush prior to the launch of operations over Iraq in 2014.

WebImperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England.Britain's largest aviation museum, Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibition buildings. The site also provides storage space for the …

WebImperial War Museum North (sometimes referred to as IWM North) is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society.It is the first branch of the Imperial War Museum to be located in the north of …

WebThe Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur-industrialist Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection, the museum has since expanded its scope …

WebDeliberate destruction and theft of cultural heritage has been conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria since 2014 in Iraq, Syria, and to a lesser extent in Libya.The destruction targets various places of worship under ISIL control and ancient historical artifacts. In Iraq, between the fall of Mosul in June 2014 and February 2015, ISIS had plundered and …

WebEric Ken Shinseki (/ ʃ ɪ n ˈ s ɛ k i /; born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014). His final United States Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was …

WebThe National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of …

WebAccording to officials of the United States State Department, many human rights abuses in Saddam Hussein's Iraq were largely carried out in person or by the orders of Saddam Hussein and eleven other people.The term "Saddam's Dirty Dozen" was coined in October 2002 (from a novel by E.M. Nathanson, later adapted as a film directed by Robert Aldrich) …