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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 …
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.

A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule

… such as Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho, and Swaziland (now Kingdom of Eswatini), all of which transitioned to … years. I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white, the next day it is … amendment.  MDC was formed in September 1999, marking a historic turning point in the political history of …
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. …
resident Harry Truman, left, congratulates Gen. George Marshall (architect of the Marshall Plan) , Fair Use via AP

The Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan, signed into law by President Harry Truman on April 3, 1948, was intended to revive the economies of war-torn Western Europe.
… nearly $13 billion to primarily France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and West Germany, the program was an …
children, men, women and soldiers during WWII

10 Great World War II Films

Focusing on films that “do” history well; that is, offer meaningful interpretations about the past or otherwise engage thoughtfully with previous interpretations of the past.
… , France, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969 9:56 Overlord , United Kingdom, Stuart Cooper, 1975 11:20 Germany, Pale Mother , …
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 …
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. …
a group of Ukrainian theatre performers on a stage

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

On a summer day in August 1920, in the middle of war, a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth.
… wartime conditions, they did a play about the murder of a king and the ensuing chaos and devastation, painfully …
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 …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… HarperCollins, Seal Press, Rowman & Littlefield, and St. Martin's Press. Treva B. Lindsey is an associate professor … Within 100 hours, he signed 17 executive orders, 12 revoking counterproductive immigration policies of the previous … and undocumented immigrants rather than just those lacking papers, revoking immigration orders and also the border …

As Cuba and the United States Reengage: The Presence of the Past

… economic sanctions, political isolation, scores of assassination plots against the Cuban leadership, and years … some of the most fundamental premises of U.S. strategic thinking, “imperiling the very survival of the United States,” … War. The bottom caption on the original read: "Taking Cuba from Spain was easy. Preserving it from …
Joseph Stalin

Dismantling a Legacy: The Last Days of Stalin

Review of The Last Days of Stalin, by Joshua Rubenstein (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015)
… who were charged with attempting to assassinate high-ranking Soviet officials, and a power struggle among members of … Stalin, both at the Party and ground level, but someone looking for an explanation of where that fear originated and …

"Y'En A Marre!" (We're Fed Up!): Senegal in the Season of Discontent

… opposition parties, this smelled like a monarchy in the making. The morning of June 23, demonstrators gathered legally … there are shortages of everything. Now Wade wants to be our king, but we don't want a king. We want our country back." Returning to my room, I …