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The Ganden Monastery in Lhasa was one of the many victims of bombing during the 1956 uprising. The destruction caused to the monastery is still visible in the ruins.

The Seventeen Point Agreement: China’s Occupation of Tibet

… Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" was signed. This … signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009, with the latest act by Yonten, a 24-year-old former monk from Kirti …
Photo of Ernest Hemingway smiling.

The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles

Review of The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles, by Stephen Koch (New York: Counterpoint, 2005)
… Jose Robles, a Stalinist and Spanish military officer of formidable rank, was arrested and executed by his own red … spread to the Spanish conflict. Robles went to his death a committed Stalinist, but to shroud the reality of the … as a fascist spy. Dos Passos was politically astute and a committed leftist though not a declared Stalinist. …
people holding signs protesting China's occupation of Tibet

The Seventeen Point Agreement: China’s Occupation of Tibet

On May 23rd 1951, the Seventeen Point Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed.
… Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed. This … Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed. …
WE.177A was an air-launched boosted fission weapon deployed by the UK

The Two Sides of the Nuclear Coin

… he and his fellow Republicans deserve much of the blame for their increase. Ever since the advent of the Bush … The Republican-dominated U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a landmark measure negotiated … disarmament and other pledges made in the NPT. Ignoring the commitments made by his Democratic and Republican …
Alice Conklin's recent In the Museum of the Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 Book Cover.

3/26/14: The Latest Books from OSU Historians

… the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century  (Oxford University Press, 2014). Diane King published  … Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq  (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Daniel … 3/26/14: The Latest Books from OSU Historians …
Soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad

Stalingrad at 75, the Turning Point of World War II in Europe

… of the Second World War began. More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … the central plaza of Stalingrad, 1943. Fourteen months before Stalingrad began, Hitler had launched Operation … commissars. This caught everyone off guard. We made sure news of this got to the men.” Despite his brutality, Chuikov …
Soviet Union soldier holding a Soviet flag in the air

Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe

In August 1942, the most famous battle of the Second World War began.
… More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects.   …

The United States, China, and the Money Question

… China . Some single out human rights issues, others Chinese foreign policy, but the most common rhetorical barbs tie back to trade and currency. This … else in its cargo: more than 20,000 Spanish silver coins. The goods the Americans were bringing would not be …
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

Rumble in the Jungle: The 1974 Foreman/Ali Heavyweight Title Fight

George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title defense against Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire was a major turning point in the careers of both men.
… 30, 1974, the so-called “Rumble in the Jungle,” George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title defense against Muhammad … George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title defense against Muhammad … Rumble in the Jungle: The 1974 Foreman/Ali Heavyweight Title Fight …
statue of Joseph Smith in a garden

Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon

According to the traditional narrative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was visited on September 21, 1823 by an angel who told him of an ancient record buried nearby his farm.
… of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was visited on September 21, 1823 by an angel who told him of an … of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was visited on September 21, 1823 by an angel who told him of an …
IRA gunmen in Northern Ireland

From the Cold War to the War on Terror

… The September 11 th  attacks put terrorism in the forefront of American consciousness. Since then, the U.S. … dates back well into the Cold War. How did terrorism become a focal point of U.S. foreign policy? How did earlier … deeper history tell us about what terrorism is, how our common assumptions about it might be wrong, and how we …

Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River

… looked on from the shelter of a reed-covered platform – no visitors had come to visit their side of the river yet that day. As the … mined – military zone that can only be reached at a few points along its course. The only place where Jordanians can …
Amritsar Massacre

The Amritsar Massacre (1919)

The massacre and continued police brutality were turning points in Indian anti-colonialism.
… Park and Stephen Richardson We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. … The massacre and continued police brutality were turning points in Indian anti-colonialism. …
Khrushchev during his visit to the Agricultural Research Service Center in Maryland.

Khrushchev’s Great American Road Trip

Review of Nikita Khrushchev's Journey into America, by Lawrence J. Nelson and Matthew G. Schoenbachler (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2019)
… September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in Washington for a tour of the country. The first Russian head-of-state … television, in living rooms across the country—during his visit. In a well-written narrative, historians Lawrence …
Crowd photo of protests in Hong Kong

Hong Kong and China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

… Kong. The demonstrators' demands have also expanded to encompass an investigation into police brutality, the … has been withdrawn, protests seem certain to continue. For many Hong Kongers, the proposed legislation was merely the latest attempt by Beijing to undermine the unique "one …
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Joseph Smith Discovers the Gold Plates

… the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smith was visited that night by an angel who told him of an ancient … than 100 languages. Even Smith’s narrative of the angelic visitation and reception of the plates is part of the … though, was a series of failed financial schemes that forced the family of twelve to move from town to town. The …
BJP rally in India

The Politics of India

… A New York Times editorial has declared it “ A New Chapter for America and India .” India’s Prime Minister Narendra … has made a point to reach out to the United States and will visit America for a second time at the end of September 2015. Does Modi’s … Potyondy   Narenda Modi, Prime Minister of India, is visiting the United Nations in New York at the end of this …

The American Dream after COVID-19

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … Vulnerabilities Exposed This pandemic, Farhad Manjoo points out, has alerted Americans that “our society might be … President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan visit a classroom at the Pathways in Technology Early …
Soldiers marching in front of the memorial - The Motherland Calls in Volgograd.

Living in History: Stalingrad at 75

… in World War II . After facing almost certain defeat before Stalingrad, the Soviets advanced (with a few setbacks) … "The Battle of Stalingrad" in 1985 ( left ), and visitors passing by armored vehicles outside the museum ( … Glory, at Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia. The monument commemorates those who died defending the city 1942-1943. In …
Polin Museum

A Postcard from Warsaw, Poland: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated efforts of an array of scholars from various fields. The … however, is not intended to be a  Holocaust  museum, and visitors who expect the Holocaust to be its main focus, may …

A Sea of Troubles: The Philippines and Pacific Geopolitics

… the guide referred back to the Spaniards who had first fortified Corregidor centuries earlier. I noted that the … Philippine Sea.” About a year later, President Barack Obama visited Manila to mark the signing of a new Enhanced Defense … While not explicitly backing Manila, Obama stressed his commitment to preserving stability in  the South China Sea . …
National Memorial for Peace and Justice exhibit, Montgomery AL

Confederates and Lynching in American Public Memory

… This year, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the nation’s first memorial to the … over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What … Jim Crow, and continued inequality that should also be revisited?   Dr. Sarah Gardner  Public schools, street names …