by Piper | Sep 14, 2021 | History, Terrorism 101
Bayard & Holmes~ Jay Holmes On November 4, 1605, the night before King James I of England VI of Scotland was to open a session of Parliament, a search of the basement of the House of Lords turned up thirty-six barrels of gunpowder and a man by the name of Guy...
by Piper | Sep 7, 2021 | History, Terrorism 101
Bayard & Holmes~ Jay Holmes Whenever media pundits discuss terrorism, they often mention the term “Roots of Terror.” Usually, the term is used when someone is trying to make the case that every given instance of terror throughout history has sociological roots. In...
by Piper | Jan 24, 2020 | Books, Current Affairs, History, News
New Release!Piper: “With the strike on Soleimani, I’m seeing a lot of disinformation out there about Iran and its history. Shall we give our readers the scoop?”Holmes: “Sounds great! Let’s do this!”Iran . . . From a cradle of...
by Piper Bayard | May 16, 2017 | Guest Posts, History
Memorial Day–New Zealand Style By Matthew Wright Guest Post at Bayard & Holmes In one of the quirks of history, both New Zealand and Australia remember their war dead on 25 April – which isn’t when any war ended. It’s the day in 1915 when both...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 17, 2016 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn, Espionage, Famous Spies, History
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes ANTHROPOID brings one of history’s legendary espionage events to the big screen – the WWII assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich by two Czech paratroopers and a few Czech resistance fighters. ...
by Piper Bayard | Jun 20, 2016 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes Due to Communist China’s aggression in the South China Sea, or as the Vietnamese call it, the Eastern Sea, the US has become interested in building a closer relationship with Vietnam. Despite strong emotions on both sides, the changing...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 1, 2016 | History
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes For history buffs, “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World” refers to one of two significant dates. For American History buffs and American English majors, the distinction refers to a phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn.” When...
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