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3/3/14: A Volatile Crimea

… relationships and intricacies of this problem in Charles King's piece in the  New York Times's  "Opinion Pages." with …
Dian Fossey with mountain gorilla.

Dian Fossey: Conservationist in the Mist

… of behavior, Fossey replaced a fallacious stereotype of a King Kong-like, violent gorilla with an almost idealized … Ghana, West Africa, for example, has demonstrated that working with, rather than against, local communities is a more …
Greek amphora, or jug, from c. 540 BCE showing two hoplite phalanxes engaged in combat. Hoplites were the heavy infantry who formed the backbone of most Greek armies in the Classical Age.

A Fragmented History of Ancient Generalship

Review of The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of Warfare, by Joseph Roisman (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)
… with more obscure ones. Leonidas, the doomed Spartan king who stood at Thermopylae, and Themistocles, the hero of … in the ancient Greek world generally consisted of picking the battlefield and deploying one’s forces, although … mindsets. The results, while more cautious than groundbreaking, provide a deep insight into the Greek psyche and also …
Anti-Christian sign in Federal Plaza Chicago 2008

Slavery, Gay Rights, and the Bible

… think of using the Bible to defend the divine authority of kings or to argue that seizing land from the Native … whole millions of its sacred influence.” Douglass was speaking of masters and slaves, but his essential point remains …
An official portrait of Vice President Dick Cheney taken in 2005

Cheney: Silent Partner to the President

… humorist Finley Peter Dunne, in the guise of saloon keeper Martin J. Dooley, perhaps captured the office best when he … a key adviser. In fact, Mondale enhanced the office by taking on duties traditionally performed by the president. …
Paul Ryan, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Ryan’s Hope: A Vice Presidency in the Tradition of Dick Cheney and Joe Biden

… humorist Finley Peter Dunne, in the guise of saloon keeper Martin J. Dooley, perhaps captured the office best when he … Henry Harrison, who resolved the matter by impulsively taking the oath of office as president after Harrison’s … adviser. In fact, Mondale enhanced the office by taking on duties traditionally performed by the president. …
Dolley Madison, 1804, by Gilbert Stuart.

Women’s History and a Woman’s Subtle Power

… elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about all the …   The official men of the government did not know that working together would be the salvation of the bipartisan … and finally see it as her lasting gift to the nation. By making politics a party to which everyone is invited, Dolley …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… these two statements, from citizens of the English-speaking country that gave us the concept of a welfare state, … in varying degrees throughout Western Europe and the United Kingdom, provided a variety of subsidized social services to … cutting and, to a lesser extent, privatization are striking at welfare-state systems in general, what is happening …
The U.S.-Economic Cooperation Administration created numerous posters to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe. This one, depicting the flags of various Western European countries receiving Marshall Plan aid, was produced in 1950.

The Marshall Plan

… nearly $13 billion to primarily France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and West Germany, the program was an …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… wartime conditions, they did a play about the murder of a king and the ensuing chaos and devastation, painfully … Soviet culture, which tends to focus on artists working in Moscow making “Soviet” art, or on non-Russian artists making
French demonstrators with purple signs that read "ras le viol"

Violence Against Women

… the BBC wrapped up the taping of The Fall in the United Kingdom , a series focused on one female detective's attempt … problem developed? And, Cathy, we'd like to begin by asking you this question.   Cathy Rakowski  Sure. The … very important to be specific in context when you're looking at different forms of violence, right? When we're …
One of Havana's plazas without a church.

A Postcard From Havana, Cuba

… above Havana bay, a landmark for tourists and travelers. Looking up at the Cuban flag fluttering over its turrets, I … Communist government has led to many regrettable results: assassination attempts against Fidel Castro, leader of … the U.S. imposed a financial and economic embargo, blocking the import or export of almost all goods between the …
Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division provide perimeter security for Iraqi policemen at a traffic control point in Tikrit, Iraq.

The Limits of Shock and Awe

… cost Ferguson his life in the South Carolina forests at King's Mountain, where American "peasants" carrying … would experience "a complete breakdown," as civilians, seeking to end their "horror and suffering," would "rise up and …
 Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, by John G. Turner book Cover.

He Led His People Into the Desert

Review of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, by John G. Turner (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012)
… or fiery-tempered, generous or miserly, attention seeking or deeply private, the man, much like the larger … millenarian, or otherwise radical religious thought taking hold of the so-called Burned-Over District from which … himself to his ecclesiastical superiors while taking his place as the patriarchal leader of his own family. …
Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol

Six Days That Shook The World

Review of The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East, by Guy Laron (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017)
… and East-European archives, The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East demonstrates that in addition to the … under Abdul Gamar Nasser, Syria’s Baath Party, and Jordan’s King Hussein rarely spoke with one voice. In fact, Syria had … against its neighbors. The White House did this with the backing of the CIA and the Pentagon but against the will of the …