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… 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 …

… 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 …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials agree with citizens in the street: Military force … Serbia refused to extradite him, mighty Austria felt itself compelled by great-power politics (not to mention by the …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … loss of life, Americans today should not allow politicians, officials and corporations to evade their obligation to … pointed to America’s growing vulnerabilities. The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st century, a task force …

…  (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) Cannon, Lou.  Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed … Autopsy.”  New Left Review  197 (1993): 3–28. Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, “Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department,” (Los …

… studying the Black Sea region, and for any government official tasked with working on the issues in that troubled … the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  December 2013. As current news broadcasts and websites talk of the plight of today’s Crimean Tartars, many …

… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … later, as well as the music festivals we see today. In comparison to today’s bloated ticket prices, admission for … festival, offered advice and contributed items for an on-site exhibit consisting of original guitars, outfits, and …

… who demanded economic and political equality, on a day officially dedicated to “the female workers’ causes.” The …

… The broad political consensus to dismiss properly chosen officials is obtainable only when a serious offense is … that “judicious conduct,” in the best sense of those words, comes from judges insulated from popular emotions. The … has occurred when, and only when, judicial peers recommended a judge’s removal. What DeLay and the others …

… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … A clear understanding of the past does not absolve these officials from the obligation to make their own decisions, … checkbook where failure to limit household spending to income courted disaster. This analogy ignored the reality that …

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … building named for the strange curved nature of its façade (officially known as Cables Wynd House). Forty years ago, … eyesore. With their place on Scotland’s list of historic sites, they now embody what Edinburgh wishes to remember …

… Scottish missionaries, who paved the way for the launch of official colonization in Malawi in 1890s. The missionaries … showing Livingstonia as well as the previous settlement sites of Dr. Robert Laws. Laws and his disciples originally … to drive. During the rainy season, the road's stones become very slippery, making transportation difficult. The …

… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus … since the 9/11 truther movement . A 2020 ad for the upcoming Plandemic documentary U.S. government officials—including President Donald Trump —for weeks pushed …

… Internationale , but at twice the normal speed—Nazi Party officials were worried that some locals might try to sing … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal military education program . A Soviet …