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… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Election 2020: Insights from History" coming to you from the History Department and the College of … think that, you know, at least the media that I read, did pay attention to black women's votes in this election, more …

… 9/11, reveals a great deal about the phenomenon we have come to know as suicide bombing. First, a radical left-wing … before he had the opportunity to enter the embassy complex. This shows that individual initiative and … remained, but what changed was social willingness to pay the human and political prices of suicide bombing when …

… to grant relief to veterans of World War I with advance payment of their veterans' bonus. When, in July, remnants of … reputation by ordering his men to attack their former comrades in arms with tear gas and riot weapons and burn …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … for the presidency by one of the major parties and come November she may well be elected America's first female … you like our listeners to kind of go with, go away with to pay attention to here? And Kimberly, if you'd like to start …

… years after World War II, not a single U.S. soldier died in combat either in Germany or in Japan — in sharp contrast to the nearly 600 U.S. combat deaths in Iraq since the end of “major combat … States is supplying 85 percent of the coalition troops and paying more than 90 percent of the costs of the entire Iraqi …

… his father, also an Edison employee, counseled him that the company would provide a secure life. Myers’ forced retirement during company retrenchment in 1996 broke that contract, and he has … employees only as a last resort. Most companies implemented pay cuts and shortened workweeks, but sought to retain most …

… 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 tribute to those directly affected by the events of …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … us today. The material that I'll be presenting to you comes from a book that I recently published about Jewish … some cases, prospective emigrants were even required to repay the costs involved in bringing them to Israel and …

… 11 attacks, Congress is now moving to create a bipartisan commission to investigate intelligence gathering policies … intelligence is used by government. We should hope that the commission will, like the post-World War II commissions that … the president, showed that there was a political price to pay for getting caught defying the Church committee …

… Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … seen whether George W. will allow his administration to be completely captured by his fossil fuel buddies. Eisenhower, … home to the environmental movement, a break. It’s payback time. Does it matter that Californians use less …

… pardoned or remitted the sentences of prisoners whom had committed minor offenses. As they worked to dismantle … and Stalin (background), and Nestor Lakoba. Rubenstein also pays attention to the responses of foreign powers, both … narrow” for the United States and the Soviet Union to come out on the other side with a better relationship, …

… buildings and a section of the Pentagon, on Sept. 11. Commentators have noted that the terrorists picked their … And when that style involves our shooting at others it becomes particularly problematic. U.S. warships lobbed shells … even in the United States. They have had little political payoff for Washington, and they have earned us great …

… “elected” president of Syria. The unrest resulted from a combination of socio-economic and political problems that … drought of 2007-2010, high unemployment rates, inflation, income inequality, and declining oil resources all contributed … as “fierce and unruly mountain people,” frequently resisted paying taxes and plundered the Sunni villages. Attempts by …

… the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught … and children."  President Dwight Eisenhower, the Allied commander in Europe during World War II, recalled in 1963, … Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the tough and outspoken  commander of the U.S. Third Fleet, which participated in the …

… and development. Latin America is a vast region comprising 33 individual countries in the southern half of … its “strong, consistent pro-United States strategic and commercial biases and interests.” Other authors consider … recounts the Panamanian military government’s efforts to complete the Torrijos-Carter Treaties that would restore its …

… economic recovery. Catholics in 2000 are economically comfortable, and will probably not care about George Bush's …

… its weather, and the origin of the word "Persian," which comes from Fars province in southwestern Iran, home to … of the various rulers of Iran down the centuries, he also pays close attention to other aspects of Iranian society, … Axworthy devotes attention to the wealth, productivity, and commercial potential of Iran, which enabled great rulers …

… season brings a new round of presidential analogies and comparisons. Two years into his presidency, Barack Obama has already seen his share. Supporters have compared him to Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry … so-called independents—that he most covets.   The Payne-Aldrich Tariff eventually passed in 1909, but with far …

… likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is full of instances when the outcome of amendments varied from the original intent of those … succession, voting by 18-year-olds and congressional pay, have produced unexpected results as well. An anti-gay …

… had very recently joined forces with the celebrated Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud to establish the "Northern … , or burqa , a long shapeless gown that hangs from a hat to completely cover everything from head to toe. To our eyes, … us were the only obvious foreigners in the place, and our companion the only woman, in a room otherwise filled with …

… Protestants. Evangelical-Catholic relations have come a long way over the last generation, but for all their … affirming what these two branches of Christendom hold in common. And in the best-selling Christian novel, “Left … their warm feelings for the late pope to his stand against communism, his commitment to Christian orthodoxy and his …

… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … Many traditional conservatives simply wanted government to “pay as we go.” These groups all regarded the federal budget … checkbook where failure to limit household spending to income courted disaster. This analogy ignored the reality that …

… Hitler created the opposite of what he intended to accomplish by invading the Soviet Union. Instead of destroying … as its Soviet predecessor, the United States continues to pay more attention to Russia than to any other country of … again. Although the idea of containing Germany has never completely disappeared, the EU has taken on a robust life of …

… force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … the Iraqi resistance have gotten the point. Saddam is never coming back, and Washington will not allow Muqtada al-Sadr, the rebellious Shiite cleric, to come to power. But countless other challenges remain. The …