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… wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting … minor faults, Saul delivers on his promise to separate the common impression of chivalry as a fantastical code of … regulate the violence endemic to Frankish society. The term comes from the French word chevalier , or "knight", who …

… separated peoples with the "Central Eurasian Cultural Complex." The crucial element of the Complex is the ruler and his comitatus, a group of warriors … to wage war to maintain access to markets and keep tribute payments flowing. Beckwith conceptualizes Central Eurasian …

… Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. If Vietnam fell to the Communists, they argued, so too would the rest of Asia. … and Russia. Afghanistan therefore demands a heavy American commitment, although the degree to which that commitment should be military is open to debate.   President …

… this new generation of Israeli scholars. This controversy – combined with his scholarship, popular writings, and … the Israeli War of Independence. Although the author pays a good deal of attention to the various Arab … preceding pages. In addition to the arguments regarding the comparative military advantages of the Jewish population …

… advertising–presumably this would apply to businesses now competing the have the biggest flag in the neighborhood. One … systematize them and bring them up to date, not as commandments but as guidance for people who prefer to salute … rag trade would react to that–or the millions who have become so heavily invested in the fad. Going after them would …

… both in and outside of the United States. To write this comprehensive history, the author travelled to Alaska, …

… appliances, and new opportunities in electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace. In the United States the … corporate reorganization, and the challenge of new overseas competitors. Past patterns suggest that the United States … as flexible  manufacturing, downsized corporations, telecommuters, transient and temporary workers whose skills are …

… ambivalence for subtlety where history is concerned.   He pays regular homage to it but doesn’t seem taken with … himself. Which won’t be so bad. Obama’s already an accomplished memoirist. He evidently prefers to be his own …

… the British military. Yet, they also inherited the English common law tradition of regulating arms. English statutes … security and linked bearing arms to civic duty. Despite its common invocation today by gun rights advocates as the … for the military, lawmakers asked military officers to compare the safety and effectiveness of firearms …

… Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's … some of the smaller players in the business who couldn't pay for government protection. And it ironically, forced the … like what you hear, please leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts—it helps others find our show. As any good …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … time to examine and address: charges of trafficking against communist Cuba, for example, or the long history of drug … like what you hear, please leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts. It helps others find our show. As any good …

… In fact, as surprising as it may be to sports watchers and commentators, how Americans talk about sports today is a … interpreted the classical past. We hear these classical comparisons especially in discussions about collegiate … up to expectations. The scholarship, which is the NCAA’s “payment” for athletic services, is tied to those athletic …

… protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse … has been replaced by a crusade against demonized sex.  This comparison is not as far-fetched as it might seem. In a 1998 … Leader Trent Lott made a similar connection when he compared homosexuals to alcoholics and other addicts. He …

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Welcome to Reclaiming My Family's Story: Cultural Trauma and … today to share with you all. Alright, so thank you all for coming out today. As Lucy had said, I'm going to be talking … voluntary at these schools? And did Natives have to pay tuition at the schools? Dr. Melissa Beard Jacob  Oh, …

… a test of how well the United States, and the international community could create institutions of governance after the … Hague. Meanwhile the Bush administration's hybrid "military commissions," while failing to meet the procedural norms of … and 1 acquittal, while creating a class of "enemy combatants" that cannot, it seems be tried or released. If …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … toes over Elian, their shenanigans contained an element of payback. Cuban-Americans have not been able to reverse … pro quo. Slowly, however, the view of the Cuban-American community is changing, partly because Cuban immigration has …

… on the one-dollar bill lived a long time ago. His last communication – the "Farewell Address" of 1796 – was really … Farewell Address (if we think of it at all) as an obsolete command for Americans to isolate themselves from the rest of … the United States into supporting their parochial wishes. Complying with such entreaties, Washington knew, could harm …

… Bush claimed that “state law reigns supreme when it comes to Indians, whether it be gambling or any other … Assertive Indian tribes are now forcing the state to pay for its past misdeeds.  Settlement talks are now … Indigenous Communities …

…   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … I teach US Latina/Latino history and have written on Latino community formation, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in post-war … Caribbean, and as those loans went bad, and countries don't pay, we became more and more involved. And the third issue …

… both countries appear to break from the autocratic past and complicate our understanding of their political future. In … years of the USSR.  The two leaders quickly tossed aside Communism as a governing ideology and instead embraced … announced his own popular referendum on skipping his upcoming election, too. Lacking a more salient Islamist threat …

… Charley's father's (Christian Ross), initially refused to pay the (then) enormous ransom demand of $20,000 (only in … the money). This refusal brought him a torrent of negative commentary and helped to define for the future what … All the attention on Charley's disappearance also raised a completely new awareness about the crime of child abduction …

… Hurricane Katrina has underscored the importance of unified command and control in response to national disasters. … the determination to get the job done. He was secretary of commerce from 1921 to 1928 under presidents Harding and … the flood control work of the Army Corps of Engineers and commanded other divisions of the War Department as needed. …

… implausible. History can promote human improvement, I've come to believe, but not in the didactic or formulaic manner … our most basic assumptions, beliefs, and ideologies. It complicates our lives, making us wiser people if not wiser …

… they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution … The proposal seems motivated by one man’s chances to become president: Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian-born … the chairman of the convention, former Continental Army commander-in-chief George Washington, who didn’t speak much, …