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… world watched in amazement as events in Eastern Europe transformed the planet. Socialist states that had looked a … Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … you're full of optimism, you want to do your best and this coincided with this momentous historical change. So it was a …

… and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s created the conditions for military coups and for administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …

… “peace process” as a top-down, high-level, diplomatically formal business. We also wonder if it will ever end and … Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … of the Other When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem in 1977, he said that some walls …

… The family of Martin Luther King, Jr., much maligned of late for its aggressive copyright control of Dr. King’s works, … King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … the Vietnam War. Later that year, the Bureau launched COINTELPRO, an elaborate counter-intelligence program meant …

… new general Arab-Israeli war with devastating consequences for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region. These … theme the denunciation of Democrats as being soft on communism, opened up relations with the People’s Republic of … 1970 and think about predicting that Richard Nixon would be visiting China and Russia, tripling trade with both nations, …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … us that talking about religion has always been a vehicle for talking about politics in the United States. From the … vehemently against the forces of the New Atheism, a term coined in 2006 to label writers like Christopher Hitchens …

… of the other rankings in the top ten — Bill Clinton (3), for example, outpolled George Washington (7) — seem unlikely … immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … from the rest is their response to national crises. It’s no coincidence that most presidents on the list of greats — …

… in a deliberative republic, in which dispassionate, informed, independent Electors — members of a unique … With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next … paralyzed United States. Robert M. Saunders is a visiting Fulbright professor of American history at Hong …

… in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… of people, many decked out in hoop skirts and militia uniforms, will drink mint juleps and dance the night away. … "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … opened a long and painful civil war.  Let's hope that this latest exchange of salvos—another confrontation with …

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … Santos and the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, Fuerzas Armada Revolucionarios de … drug cartel (Left) . Secretary of State Colin Powell visiting Colombia in 2003 (Right) . While there were some …

… again, even on Fidel Castro, whom most of us had almost forgotten — most, that is, except the million-plus … the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … although Americans still need U.S. government permission to visit Cuba legally, many go illegally through third …

… In her chapter, Lipstadt places part of the blame for the rise of Holocaust denial on relativist postmodern … of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … of it all. However, when the triumphant Donald Trump visited Barack Obama in the White House after the election, …

… Department of History share how environmental history informs our shared future in a world confronted by pandemics, … boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for … of a fraction of that dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on …

… countries worldwide were simultaneously attempting to force down the value of their money in order to reduce the … that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in …

… and persuaded her to lie about it had not been public for an hour before many observers were uttering sentences … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … “a third-rate burglary.” So far, we have no proof that the latest addition to Starr’s amorphous investigation was even …

… existed in the United States. The trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, … including 35 churches and numerous homes in this state. McComb, Miss., came to be known that summer as the bombing … effort succeeded, as the belated indictment of Killen — the latest in a series of Southern atonement trials — …

… (the national colors). The two contenders in the run-off for France's highest office that took place on May 6, 2012 … it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … social security system that remains the envy of most visitors—and the pride of most French citizens. It …