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Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War

… book readings, and film screenings captured the ideological message of each side, as they showed conflicting “ways of … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … So you see how often these cultural events became actually sites of tension, in which the official representatives of …

The Hajj and Europe

… out a specific sequence of rituals at a constellation of sites, recalling activities of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam’s … safety, and how much states should subsidize the ritual—is complicated. In many countries, demand for hajj visas … package tour) in an obvious attempt to cultivate their loyalties toward Moscow and away from Kiev. Launch of the …
The University of Algiers, ca. 1920.

The University of Algiers Library Bombing

… of thousands of books, periodicals, and manuscripts had become fuel for the flames.  Newspapers around the world … of the University of Algiers Library (Comité International pour la Reconstitution de la Bibliothèque Universitaire … the issue of the destruction of cultural and intellectual sites in wartime is by no means resolved.  Recent United …
A memorial to Holocaust victims in front of a Jewish cemetery.

A Postcard from Berlin: Confronting a Troubled Past

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … not shy away from engaging with it on a critical level. The complicated and controversial history of the 20 th century permeates the landscape of the German capital. A message of peace found at Berlin's East Side Gallery. Small …
President George W. Bush

Propaganda: Necessary but Difficult

… be starting from scratch; the effort to craft a coherent message about American aims and actions has faltered since … World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Public Information, led by journalist George Creel, to craft and communicate America’s message. But the nation’s first …
Opening ceremonies of the 1896 Olympics

Revival and Reinvention: the Olympic Games, Athens 1896

… 1896, participants from 14 countries converged on Athens to compete in a festival that was simultaneously ancient and … impression of ancient Olympia, where the ancient Olympic games were held beginning in 776 BCE. Billed as the first … archaeological excavations revealing the Games’ original site at Olympia on Greece’s west coast only strengthened …
Whig cartoon showing the effects of unemployment on a family that has portraits of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren on the wall.

The Bank Crisis Blame Game, Then and Now

… farther in the past, faced a situation closer to today’s mess: forgotten Martin Van Buren. When Martin Van Buren … our mess won’t solve our own. The causes of any panic are complex. Who we choose to blame determines the solutions we … had deregulated the American banking system. Offering easy credit without central regulation, hundreds of new banks …
The sickle and hammer on a Soviet Union flag from the 1930s.

A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History)

Review of A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History) , by Vladislav Zubok (2007, University of North Carolina Press)
… interaction between traditional imperial motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … in the Third World. In my opinion, Zubok gives far too much credit to Brezhnev for the reduction of tensions between …

The Amazon Rainforest under Threat

… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … a predictable fire in a church that is a World Heritage Site and wants to teach us what exactly?” The Bolsonaro … Poorly compensated, they were usually paid in goods or credit rather than cash and became indebted to rubber …
A Nuclear Power Plant in the Untied Kingdom against a blue sky.

How Green Is the Atom?

The Past–and Future–of Nuclear Energy in the United States
… industry representatives, but many environmentalists have come to see nuclear power as key to end world dependence on … radioisotopes that fill the environment.  By 2017, 46 NPP sites had leaks or spills that involved radioactive tritium … released for every ton of cement, and the average reactor pour is 150,000 tons, that’s 180 million tons of CO2 …
Albert Bierstadt, Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877, oil on canvas

Silent Spring Revolution, a Conversation with Douglas Brinkley

… New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …
Malawi

A Postcard from Livingstonia, Malawi

… showing Livingstonia as well as the previous settlement sites of Dr. Robert Laws. Laws and his disciples originally … to drive. During the rainy season, the road's stones become very slippery, making transportation difficult. The … hydrological feature known as “holy water:” water comes up from a small hole in the ground and runs for two or …
 Monte Albán

A Postcard From Oaxaca, Mexico

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … dialects spoken on its streets. Many of  Oaxaca  City’s homes are adorned with ornate street art. The state of  Oaxaca … made it one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. ( Photo Credit: Wikimedia). Oaxaca City is the state capital of the …
The White House lit in green light for St. Patrick's Day.

9/11 and 3/17: Closer Than You Think

… on St. Patrick's Day there lies a larger and deeper message of American inclusion and tolerance.  Far from … pluralist implication of the St. Patrick's Day parades becomes more apparent as we look at the events held in cities … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we have come.   So when this weekend's St. Patrick's Day parades pay …
An artist's rendering of the Tunguska event

The 1908 Tunguska Event and the Threats of Tomorrow

… disoriented and inert, unable to imagine how to act. Sometimes the universe acts so powerfully that no human response … No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike … indigenous group that resides in central Siberia. The site of the Tunguska explosion in the late 1920s. As Akulina …
Demolition of the former Penn Station concourse raised public awareness about preservation.

Choking Off Our Past

… the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … current efforts aimed at protecting the Apollo 11 landing site and 106 pieces of equipment left at Tranquility Base on the lunar surface. Enshrining the site where mankind first set foot on the moon goes to the …
Ellis Island, New York City.

Hiding Behind Reform

… between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is emphatic on this point. Making this distinction is … cast their attacks on Irish Catholics as civic duty. Loyalty to the Pope in Rome, they argued, rendered those …

The Secular Roots of a Religious Divide in Contemporary Iraq

… some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … Sunni minority. Religious and Ethnic groups in Iraq. Many posited that Prime Minister al-Maliki's resignation in … in its Iraqi provinces were Sunni Arabs who had proven loyal to the Ottomans in the 19 th and early 20 th …
Portrait of Francisco Franco in 1964 from Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa

The Death of Franco

… prisoners, the Valley of the Fallen is a mass burial site that was designed to commemorate the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as a … on July 21, 1936. In response to the attempted coup, loyalist forces and popular militias rose up to defend the …
Exterior view of the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India,

The Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster

… flowers to be sacrificed on the altar of profit - we are flames, committed to conquering darkness, and we will continue the … poisoning, discovering severe contamination of the factory site, surrounding land and groundwater. Levels of mercury in …
Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE.

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually wearing a … Iucundus, Pompeii. Even Nero’s detractors had to give him credit for his response to this disaster. The only modern …
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.

A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace

… may instead prove to be a stumbling block. To their credit, the Saudis persuaded 21 other Arab states to agree … opportunity to attack Israel and destroy Jewish religious sites. For 19 years after Israel became a state in 1948 the … flaw in the Saudi proposal. No political or territorial compromise on the part of Israel, including diplomatic …

Humanitarian Intervention: The American Experience from William McKinley to Barack Obama

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … Qaddafi was no garden-variety autocrat. Armed with a messianic vision and his revolutionary Green Book , Libya's … the president to act. The Maine 's explosion is rightly credited with rousing mass sentiment for war. However, elite …