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… Historical analogies, comparing something in the present with what appears to be its counterpart in the … created equal. Some are better — or at least more useful when it comes to seeking guidance from history — than … F. Kennedy and his advisers learned that the Soviet Union was installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, …

… Periodic spikes in unemployment are as American as the Big Mac. From the early years of the nineteenth century … However, before the 1930s, local governments, rather than Washington, took the lead in offering assistance. … their leading strategies was increasing public employment. When the ranks of the unemployed swelled after the economic …

… The crisis between Ukraine, Russia, and the European … patterns in Ukraine after independence in 1991? And what was the political structure in Ukraine leading up to 2014? … the roots of events today reach back some years. So when Ukraine became independent in 1991, it was …

… The leak of a quarter million State Department dispatches … For the first century of U.S. history, the consular service was a haven for corruption, in which diplomats were … was, in his own words, "the champion of the merchants."   When Adams served as U.S. minister to Russia in 1809–1814, …

… Historians still squabble over whether there really was a "first" American Thanksgiving. But a … and bred to resist pests, plagues, and drought. And when you pass the potatoes, you're probably passing one of …

… In April and May 2018, the small nation of Armenia experienced a revolution. On … hope for a better future, the crowd roared with enthusiasm when the revolution’s leader, and now Prime Minister Nikol … Located in the shadow of the Biblical Mount Ararat, Armenia was the first country to officially adopt Christianity in …

… On Friday, March 28, 2025, the Trump administration released plans to reduce the staff … International Aid Distributing foreign aid for development was not a new idea in 1961. The United States had been doing … and South American countries .  But why stop there?  When Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill in …

… When it was announced almost exactly a year ago, Kosovo's … reactions about "Europe's newest state". In Prishtina, the capital of the contested Balkan region, the declaration … in the late 1980s in his quest for the re-ordering of the socialist Yugoslav state: "Namely [the principle] that the …

… start with two stories. On Sunday, February 9, 2014, at the Copenhagen Zoo, a 2-year-old giraffe stretched out its … a crowd of zoogoers, including children, Marius’s corpse was cut apart and fed to the zoo’s lions. This story … wealth, status, imperial ambition, and military might. When Hittite kings displayed lions, tigers, wolves, leopards …

… Who doesn’t love penguins? Join Ellen Arnold to learn about the many different roles that penguins took on as Europeans … The Ohio State University. Before joining Ohio State, she was associate professor of History at the University of … Namibia all the way around the Cape. And so in 1503 when the sailors, piloting António de Saldanha's ship, …

… on January 17, 2014, President Obama announced reforms to the National Security Agency (NSA). Ohio State University … maybe be addressed here is were any of you that surprised when Edward Snowden leaked these documents? And maybe second … when this came out? David Hadley  Well, I'd have to say I wasn't actually that surprised with some of the initial …

… Psychologists define craziness as the tendency to keep doing the same thing while expecting a … Guess what? Historians are ignorant too, especially when we equate historical knowledge with the “Jeopardy” … and an adjunct professor of history at the University of Washington, and is the author of "Historical Thinking and …

… Saxby Chambliss, Mitch McConnell, and James Risch, among others—held a quiet meeting with then Egyptian President … Mubarak at the Heliopolis Palace in Cairo. The setting was regal. Designed in the early twentieth century by a … democracy and tribalism." The transcript drips with irony when read from the present. It was sent to the Department of …

… over disagreeable judicial decisions — such as those in the Terri Schiavo case — is nothing new. Judges seeking to … to dismiss properly chosen officials is obtainable only when a serious offense is widely perceived to threaten the … or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Impeachment was clearly not meant for ordinary disputes over rulings …

… "Let the people have their say," Vice President Al Gore said this … do-or-die attitude. Surprisingly, Patrick Henry's conduct when he lost — not when he won – set a standard of respect … owes much to Patrick Henry's stance in 1788. The issue then was the fate of the republic. Eight states had ratified the …

… The September 11 th  attacks put terrorism in the forefront … think this is an important point on this War on Terror that was announced after 9/11 is still ongoing. And it's the … filter as terrorism or terrorists.   Jessica Vinas-Nelson  When did the modern problem of terrorism really emerge then? …

… When Newt Gingrich proclaimed that the United States should establish a base on the moon, he was right: We need a major inspirational goal for space …

… While a number of factors contributed to his rise—including the growing power of social media , a latent racism and … Republican Presidential Debate in February 2016. The debate was the only one sponsored by a Spanish language outlet, … by the now-infamous statement by Les Moonves, CEO of CBS, when discussing Trump’s candidacy: “It may not be good for …

… played a central role in human life and natural systems.  They have served myriad uses for humans, from collecting … China stand as icons of the modern, industrialized world. When the Bonneville Dam opened on the Columbia River in … Adams from 1942 . The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) was founded in 1902, but left its greatest legacy between …

… As the Bush administration launches a worldwide war against … the best-known example occurred during World War II, when the government ordered thousands of Japanese American … the 20th century’s legal foundation for homeland security was laid during 1917 and 1918 when the United States entered …

… Today, most dog owners believe two things about their dogs. The first is that they are valued family … they earned their keep by working for humans.  The moment when this all started to change arrived in the 19th-century … labeled luxuriant leeches. However, by 1900, the common dog was a faithful companion and beloved family member. While …

… In my November 2011,  Origins  article,  Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America , I concluded that … since the middle nineteenth century.  The only period when this pattern did not hold was from the mid-1930s to the 1960s when the United States …

… In an election watched anxiously in both Beijing and Washington, as well as in other regional centers in Asia, … definition of "Taiwanese," to be sure. I remember the days when "Taiwanese" only meant those whose ancestors were … or people's livelihood) as its ideological guide and a Leninist party structure in 1924 (the year before Sun died), …

… The U.S. National Park Service, the federal agency charged … more than 400 parks that make up our national park system, was created on August 25, 1916. The national parks, which … our environment, our culture, our fights and our future. When you “pair the intellect with emotion and place,” what …