Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Chechens are Muslim, and some share the belief that the West is engaged in a global campaign against Islam. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in other countries from spreading onto American soil; and to maintain access to global sea lanes on which our economy depends. Beyond that, there is little or nothing in the world that should draw the United States to war. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa Cather, as well as an investor said to be the world’s second richest man, Warren Buffett. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907, fresh out of Princeton, Baskerville went to Iran as a schoolteacher. He found himself in the midst of a revolution against tyranny, and was carried away with passion for the democratic cause. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they don’t conform to the tastes of Upper West Side intellectuals? Use human rights as your excuse! Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
Few living figures could contribute as much as Castro to our understanding of the second half of the 20th century. Stephen Kinzer Read Quote
