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… imagined.” Pakistan shook itself free from the United Kingdom in 1947 after almost 100 years of colonial control … Pakistan became a cold war ally of the United States. Seeking economic and military aid to defend against its …

… , Bosnia, and Kosovo have been described as ad hoc and lacking precedent. Such observations reflect a misunderstanding … have failed to recognize the extent to which religious thinking infuses U.S. foreign policy. Obama and the Libyan … Stephanson has argued that the founders of the U.S., taking the baton from the Puritans, conceived their new nation …

… noble, Magellan possessed an extensive knowledge of mapmaking and sailing, and already had years of experience … a route to the west, Magellan then turned to the new king of Spain, Charles I. If Magellan’s expedition was … who refused to bring tribute for Raja Humabon and the King of Spain. Fighting in the shallow waters off the shore, …

… those who had criticized Kaepernick and those who were taking a knee early on, but Trump statements, and then his … was the Muhammad Ali in the 1970s, who appeared on the Dean Martin celebrity roast. He was initially presented to the … Certainly, Gallup would have told you in 1963, that Martin Luther King was, was unsuccessful as an American public …

… independence. Likewise, the government of the United Kingdom compensated slaveowners after the abolition of … and other French and British Caribbean territories such as Martinique or Guadeloupe, gradually abolished the slave … Chinese laborers. Not granted financial compensation and lacking marketable skills, many Afro-Cubans secured marginal …

… head in one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, King Philip's War. Philip, also known as Metacom, was … of the period between the arrival of the Mayflower through King Philip's War Philbrick focus much of his attention on … Community, and War , by Nathaniel Philbrick (New York, Viking Press 2006) …

… of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was taking place in Havana, Cuba . At a meeting hosted by … as both a source of revenue as well as a means of making political statements. In the later decades, they often … of a kidnapping attempt. He himself was the target of an assassination attempt during the 2002 campaign, and his …

… for schools, infrastructure, arts, and health care. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth meet with Nakoda …

… and children. Meanwhile, Morsi has been charged with provoking violence in the streets of Egypt in the lead-up to the … has precedent in the region’s recent past. Historically speaking, the harder states clamp down on the activities of … and 1960s, Anwar Sadat’s “autumn of fury” and subsequent assassination in 1981, and the Mubarak regime’s suppression …

… help explain these economic and social successes? Seeking answers to these questions, sociologists have studied … island has been part of some larger entity, including: the kingdom of Srivijaya (modern day Sumatra, seventh to 13th century), the kingdom of Sukothai (modern-day Thailand, late 14th …

… President Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country since taking office in a 1989 military coup. Originally a response … Chicago and a specialist on the Sudan. He is currently working on a new book on the history of Islam in Lusophone … civilization of Nubia, and you also have three Christian kingdoms that existed in the country just before the arrival …

… to move beyond racism to save themselves and humanity?  King Kong asks if humans can curb their greed and learn to … numerous and varied.  For every time-tested classic like King Kong or Superman , he has found a more obscure essay in …

… for the pope’s jurisdiction over all men, even emperors and kings—also produced riots in local towns in response to the … the familial nature of the connection between many of the kings and powerful nobles throughout Europe but then fails … and who actively shaped the parameters of discussion is shockingly modern, and in that vein Whalen’s book finds its …

… of colonialism, this may not seem like a particularly shocking statement. But in France the image of a presidential candidate making such a declaration in the capital of a former colony … city than Nice (which was annexed by Napoleon III from the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860). When the Algerian War for …

… a group of African American college students was a breathtakingly obtuse misunderstanding of the role the federal … dramatically – and he did so on the 47 th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington . Beck was shamelessly …

… things have to change. We must confront our colonial thinking and attitudes and redefine what Canadian-ness means. We … Nations in 1869 ( middle ).  Nakoda chieftains meeting with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in Calgary in 1939 ( … as those laid out in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (working out the details of the peace at the end of the Seven …

… and elsewhere. The violence associated with the trafficking of illicit narcotics and stimulants continues to stoke … such a great cost both in money and human lives. The trafficking of illicit drugs is a signature Latin American … unleashed a crackdown on the Medellín cartel following the assassination, which forced Escobar and the Ochoa brothers …

… the  Nile and the Sudan.  After the fall of the Christian kingdom of Nubia in the 14th century, they migrated south to …

… (2003) , hallmarks of Western capitalism such as Burger King and Coca-Cola quickly became ubiquitous in the formerly … that is highly reminiscent of Cold War rhetoric. Evoking John F. Kennedy’s famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” …

… of History Talk .   Patrick Potyondy   We'll begin by asking Kevin to introduce himself to join our first two guests … completely differently. This is proven by polls that are asking opinions about Trayvon Martin or Ferguson, Missouri as the most recent examples of …

… WOSU's website ]  Mitchell Lerner's work with Origins : Making Sense of the 'Hermit Kingdom': North Korea in the Nuclear Age …

… nearly $13 billion to primarily France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and West Germany, the program was an …

… , France, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969 9:56 Overlord , United Kingdom, Stuart Cooper, 1975 11:20 Germany, Pale Mother , …