Author Archives: Kevin Potocki

A nation born from war, and currently engaged in war, the United States has been involved in numerous conflicts throughout its relatively short history. Since the Spanish American War in… Read more »

A newspaper article in the New York Journal, following the sinking of the warship, U.S.S. Maine in Cuba (then a Spanish territory). Claiming that the United States Nave believed that… Read more »

The formal declaration of war with Spain, granted by Congress on April 25, 1898. The overarching significance of the declaration, was that this was the first time in which the… Read more »

An artist’s depiction of the passenger ship, Lusitania, sinking after being torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915, published in the London News. The ship was bound for Liverpool, carrying… Read more »

The United State’s declaration of war with Germany, granted by congress on April 6, 1917. The language of the declaration, such as using “that the state of war… has been… Read more »

The American Battleship U.S.S. Arizona burning in Pearl Harbor during the surprise attack by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Forces on December 7, 1941. The most famous casualty of Pear Harbor, a… Read more »

Granted by Congress on December 8, 1941, the United States enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies. Labelling Pearl Harbor as “a day which will live… Read more »

One of the most influential pieces in shaping American foreign policy post-WWII, George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” outlined how he viewed the Soviet Union would act after the war. A diplomat… Read more »

The first instance in which the United States executed the “containment policy” with military action, United States Marines land in South Korea, following North Korea’s advance into South Korea. President… Read more »

An article in the New York Times, covering the second instance, in which United States Naval vessels engaged with alleged North Vietnamese patrol boats. While the article mentions that the conditions… Read more »

President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara debate the strategy of the United States in Vietnam. Johnson did not hide his dissatisfaction with the current strategy of continuous airstrikes,… Read more »

The fall of the Soviet Union signaled the United States no longer following the “containment policy,” and had to navigate uncertainty in conducting military operations. Operation Desert Storm began after… Read more »

United States Army Rangers under fire in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, during Operation Gothic Serpent. As Somalia was facing famine and internal conflict, the United Nations began a humanitarian mission,… Read more »

A worker in New York City, observing the rubble of the World Trade Center, after terrorists hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into the buildings on September 11, 2001. The… Read more »

Fearing the potential of Saddam Hussein to be in possession of weapons of mass destruction, President Bush announced the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. With the backing of… Read more »