In the night of February 13-14, 1945, the ancient and beautiful capital of Saxony, Dresden, was attacked three times, twice by the RAF and once by the USAAF, the United States Army Air Force, in an operation involving well over 1,000 bombers. The consequences were catastrophic, as the historical city centre was incinerated and between 25,000 and 40,000 people lost their lives.[1] Dresden was not an important industrial or military centre and therefore not a target worthy of the considerable and unusual common American and British effort involved in the raid. The city was not attacked as retribution for earlier German bombing raids on cities such as Rotterdam and Coventry, either. In revenge for the destruction of these cities, bombed ruthlessly by the Luftwaffe in 1940, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and countless other German towns big and small had already paid dearly in 1942, 1943, and 1944. Furthermore, by the beginning of 1945, the Allied commanders knew perfectly well that even the most ferocious bombing raid would not succeed in “terrorizing [the Germans] into submission,”[2] so that it is not realistic to ascribe this motive to the planners of the operation. The bombing of Dresden, then, seems to have been a senseless slaughter, and looms as an even more terrible undertaking than the atomic obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which is at least supposed to have led to the capitulation of Japan. - Jacques R. Pauwels

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have contemplated our planet’s looming end, the last judgment, and the hereafter. Futuristic visions, symbolism, and messianic themes mark un-canonical apocalyptic literature between c. 200 B.C. and A.D. 200; and for hundreds of years, each new generation has poured over poetic verses (quatrains) contained within Nostradamus’ ten books called Centuries. Since the age of the Renaissance, writings of this mid-16th century French sage-prophet have awed mystics seeking alleged enlightenment. Coupled with stark realism his dreadful, confusing visions captivate the imaginations of forward-looking sleuths. Accordingly, by means of twelve episodes on three DVDs, the HISTORY™ Channel visits the most chilling of Nostradamus’ end-time prophecies, as well as those derived from mythology, hieroglyphs, and other ancient texts. Correlating findings with today’s front-page news is called the “Nostradamus Effect.” - Debra Rae

Written in 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America discusses in depth the political, social and governmental aspects of American society from an outsiders perspective. Tocqueville observes the human nature that still remains today which allows for deception through ideas that are "...precise even though false," as well as the tendency even in the earlier days of America to rely on "...ready-made opinions" rather than our own. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French Historian and political thinker. While I don't necessarily agree with every one of Tocqueville's positions, Democracy in America is an important book that can be used as a guide to measure change that has taken place since its writing, as well as to gain perspective on what has always been.

Welcome to the real world. “History is written by the victors.” As a result, the true story of what took place during the seven years leading up to World War II (1933-1940) has been hidden from view and been totally ignored or grossly distorted by establishment “historians” — many of whom gained fame and fortune by “spinning” the story of what took place to conform to the “official” line. Those who attempted to tell the truth were accused of disloyalty or even treason by those in power. As George Orwell wrote, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” Those who attempt to tell the truth are accused of disloyalty, or even treason, by those in power.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, major media powerhouses and the increasingly influential alternative media alike have begun to focus attention on Bush family connections and a long history of arming and financing America's attackers in the months and years prior to the outbreak of war. Recent stories in the Wall Street Journal (Sept. 27 & 28, 2001), ABC News (Oct. 1, 2001), as well as a host of reports from so-called alternative news sources have begun to focus attention on the Bush family's profit-making role in creating and arming our enemies.

Economists continually try and sell the public the idea that recessions or depressions are a natural part of what they call the “business cycle”. This timeline below will prove that is simply not the case. Recessions and depressions only occur because the Central Bankers manipulate the money supply, to ensure more and more is in their hands and less and less is in the hands of the people.

George S. Patton, America's greatest combat general of the Second World War, was assassinated after the conflict with the connivance of US leaders, according to a new book. By Tim Shipman

Mentioning the Council on Foreign Relations in a negative sense, especially being the moving force of the New World Order, will immediately earn anyone the social ostrinization identification as a "right wing fanatic." by Noah W. Hutchings

At first almost unnoticed after 1850, then with significant intensity after the onset of the Great Depression of 1873 in Britain, the sun began to set on the British Empire. By the end of the 19th Century, though the City of London remained undisputed financier of the world, British industrial excellence was in terminal decline. By F. William Engdahl

A documentary on the business plot of 1932, in which a group of private financiers sought to depose FDR and impose a fascist government in the UNited States.