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… through the streets of China's cities, demanding an end to official corruption and more political freedom. Inspired by … foreign observers predicted that the days of the Chinese Communist Party were numbered. And yet, as we mark the 18th … and Yugoslavia's free-fall into chaos benefited the Chinese Communists. These phenomena allowed the party to say to the …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … drove this fall’s march of troops through dueling political commercials. But history and tradition both suggest more … opportunity to replace the noise of politics with unifying commemorative silences. This timing is part of why the day’s …

… I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. … up to the Civil War saw military service as the ultimate outcome of the women’s rights movement — and as the ultimate … a sexual ambiguity and aggressiveness that seemed incompatible with traditional gender roles. As the debates …

… for their lost brethren at the World Trade Center disaster site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union … we will recover from Sept. 11. In making such decisions, officials such as Giuliani will purport to speak for the … from new opportunities. But the patriotic fervor that accompanied wartime mobilization meant that unions were …

… the recent controversy involving Kim Davis, a public official in Rowan County, Kentucky, who refuses to issue …

… On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union officially lifted its blockade of West Berlin, allowing … The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949   ( ⁠https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781603440905/to-save-a-city/⁠ ) Berlin on the … ) "The Berlin Blockade Revisited" ( ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/40105349⁠ )   …

…                           The 2014 Winter Olympics are now officially in full swing. Historian and  Origins  …

… Guantanamo Bay has become one the most infamous places on earth.  In the United … Irving Max Schwab seeks to uncover and give voice to the complete history of the installation that is largely absent … Democratic, supported strengthening the navy.  Government officials recognized the importance of naval bases in …

… it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the … of pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna and her sister Lizaveta committed by ex-student Rodion Raskolnikov were “the purest … Punishment was published, a student by the name of Danilov committed a similar crime: killing a moneylender and his …

… the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … of the Bible, the  Iliad  and  Odyssey , the  Divine Comedy  and the  Canterbury Tales —didn’t explore our inner … There will be countless festivities around the world to commemorate 400 years since their deaths. Shakespeare’s …

… World War. After listening to his story, I asked him to compare what he knew of Vietnam to his own experiences. His … than generals." This view, which is representative of comments made by other veterans I interviewed, does not seem … whose theories competed for the attention of elected officials. Thriving in what Elaine Tyler May has called "the …

… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … spirit as well. In this book, Koistinen explains how that complex (he abbreviates it MIC) came to be and how it has … to which many of the nation's high-tech and aerospace companies exist on Department of Defense contracts. The next …

… to worse. Newscasters spin doomsday scenarios. So do public officials. But should Attorney General John Ashcroft be … of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides have indicated, commendably, that they want to avoid the civil liberties …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … accommodating mainly journalists and Palestinian Authority officials, reached 50 percent capacity on December 24, … have flourished. In 2003, over 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2005, despite a …

… little surprise to any knowledgeable government or military official from either nation. Joseph Grew, the American … the bay, devoid of protective torpedo nets, without combat watches on duty, and lacking accessible ammunition, … ground based anti-aircraft fire or airborne fighters, was completely ineffectual. All told the Japanese lost …

… Iraq last year, it disbanded the Iraqi army. But U.S. officials soon recognized this was a mistake and now believe … by hostile states or require an open-ended U.S. military commitment to Iraq. In short, this issue is of crucial … in the Middle East. It will also determine the future commitment of the United States to Iraq. Maj. Gen. Paul …

… dangers they were creating. She charged public officials with being far too trusting of the chemical … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… the effect of child hunger in war-torn Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch … these efforts the journey to end child hunger is far from complete. There are still huge gaps in participation in the … and Dole.   For instance, communities can help set up sites for summer feeding. If enough people volunteer and …

… World Track Championships in Berlin last month, has been unofficially declared intersexed. If she is, it means that she … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this … distinguishable. As some declare Semenya too manly to compete, for example, a popular South African magazine …

… of violence and instability until 1922. Multiple communities of former tsarist imperial subjects imagined the … Kharkiv, a former university and industrial city, where officials oversaw an experiment creating a polity both … raised the grain quotas for newly collectivized villages. Combined with bad harvests this led to the Holodomor , the …

… afternoon filed required restructuring plans with federal officials. Chrysler wants $5 billion more in federal loans … starting to remake Maxwell Motors into his future Big Three company. In 1922, there was one registered passenger car or … of a car (or two) in every driveway.   From Keystone Cops comedies to contemporary movie chases to sophisticated art, …

… 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 …

… to find oxygen, medication, and hospital beds. The official daily death toll now nears 4,000, and this is … patients’ access to lifesaving medical assistance, all compounded by the emergence of a new variant that may be … to challenge the underlying health inequities that have become so glaringly apparent in India’s second coronavirus …