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 13, 2020 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes January 10, 2020 marks the passing of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, the man who led Oman, the “other” Arabic country, for the past fifty years. We say the “other” Arabic country because by the standards of the region, Oman is...
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 | Jun 7, 2016 | Book Reviews
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes DOUBLE CROSS, by writer-at-large and associate editor of the Times of London Ben MacIntyre, addresses one of the more complex and important intelligence operations of World War Two. It explains how the UK’s MI-5 Counter...
by Piper Bayard | May 31, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes An important part of the current US Pacific strategy is the US-Australian alliance. Since World War II, both nations have remained allies. On the surface, that alliance appears to be straightforward and reliable from both sides of the...
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