In mid-1945, as Allied forces pushed toward victory in the Pacific, American political leaders faced a deepening dilemma. They could continue to work with both Mao Zedong’s Communist insurgents and ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

China was boiling and popping with revolt last week. But China is mercifully vast. Centres of slaughter and pillage, rapine and rascality were strewn hundreds, thousands of miles apart. And firm in ...

Garry White originally planned for Generalissimo to contest the Provincial Championships final at Randwick. But was happy to settle for winning the $150,000 South Pacific Classic on Saturday after ...

North Korea has announced that its late leader, Kim Jong Il, has been bestowed the title of generalissimo. North Korea's state media says the Supreme People's Assembly, the central military commission ...

The bodies of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and his son and successor, former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), which lie embalmed in temporary mausoleums in ...

The nation, through its press, demanded a united command, headed by a generalissimo. President Roosevelt made a limited response by finally naming Admiral William D. Leahy as his own personal Chief of ...