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… 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 …

… law into the 21st century by lifting the ban. Behind the official ban on open gay military service lies a policy that … because of stereotypes of effeminacy. Military men caught committing sodomy faced courts-martial. During World War II, … carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.” Gays were seen as vulnerable to blackmail and …

… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … spirit as well. In this book, Koistinen explains how that complex (he abbreviates it MIC) came to be and how it has … to which many of the nation's high-tech and aerospace companies exist on Department of Defense contracts. The next …

… condescending expletive phrases directed at U.S. government officials, Chávez is emblematic of a new type of leader in … Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … to "the people." In other words, populism is a way of competing in elections and governing once in office that …

… 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 …

… dangers they were creating. She charged public officials with being far too trusting of the chemical … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… The claim of "military necessity," he argued, rang hollow. Official justifications would "never erase from our minds … Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his … monster." In 1963 President Eisenhower, the Allied commander in Europe during World War II, recalled, as he did …

… the effect of child hunger in war-torn Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch … these efforts the journey to end child hunger is far from complete. There are still huge gaps in participation in the … and Dole.   For instance, communities can help set up sites for summer feeding. If enough people volunteer 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 …

… World Track Championships in Berlin last month, has been unofficially declared intersexed. If she is, it means that she … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this … distinguishable. As some declare Semenya too manly to compete, for example, a popular South African magazine …

… in fact, disagreements between the Court and our elected officials are a natural and important part of our … process. What’s unusual is that conservatives are complaining about the Court at the same time they’re … the presidents who appointed them are gone, the Court’s composition frequently lags behind the country’s political …

… years ago this Christmas eve, American and British officials signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of … ignored the bicentennial of the War itself, and will not commemorate its end either, and it is worth asking why. The … of inevitability. And so Americans find it difficult to come to grips with, and perhaps intentionally ignore, how …

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … host. In late spring of 2014, the finishing touches were completed on the redesign of the National Civil Rights … another firm at first and was serving as their sort of onsite historian in a bidding process, participated in their …

… to find oxygen, medication, and hospital beds. The official daily death toll now nears 4,000, and this is … patients’ access to lifesaving medical assistance, all compounded by the emergence of a new variant that may be … to challenge the underlying health inequities that have become so glaringly apparent in India’s second coronavirus …

… pluralist implication of the St. Patrick's Day parades becomes more apparent as we look at the events held in cities … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we have come.   So when this weekend's St. Patrick's Day parades pay …

… of conflict, and thus poses acute policy dilemmas for U.S. officials who seek to achieve stability and peace in the … In this webinar, Professor  Peter L. Hahn  analyzes the complicated situation in Gaza in its historical and …

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … and the father was so worried about him that he asked U.S. officials not to renew his visa. "My family system, our … Graduate had it. Today's college students face the very opposite: uncertain prospects in a capricious world. Many, I …

… trained its fire on the private character of elected officials. During the 1780s and 1790s, while John Adams … recede. In their place emerged a fierce brand of political combat that regarded private life as a legitimate field of … and Woodrow Wilson  escaped from the sort of humiliation visited on Grover Cleveland. Neither did insiders remark …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford Nuclear … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … to celebrate the bomb. As Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) throughout the 1960s, he was perhaps the …