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… Hornet pilots defied the orders of their American commanding officers. These pilots independently aborted 40 … pilots mistook a four vehicle British reconnaissance patrol for the enemy, even though the vehicles were decorated with … of familiarity with one another's commanders and staff, visits, the creation of liaison teams, multinational …

… March 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea (Republic of … different parties have gained the 20 seats necessary to become a “negotiation group”—a parliamentary caucus that holds … issues of gender and minority rights have emerged as new points of contention, with conservatives generally hesitant …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Madras was an odd choice for a city because it had no existing port for trade, and … he chose to settle the EIC where he could be near her and visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC …

… of famous British explorers in her famous wax museum. Yet, for all of his exploits he is most remembered not for what … The writer Walter Benjamin once suggested that "History decomposes into images, not narratives" and Clare Pettitt … a celebrity figure until his death in 1904. And as Pettitt points out it was Stanley's portrayal of "darkest Africa" …

… magnificent and richly historic town of Khiva (formerly known as Khorezm), one leaves behind the tree-lined … history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … Heritage City. Arabkhan madrasa, 1616. (Photo by author) Visitors are greeted with comfortable hotels, restaurants …

… of leadership, funding, training and recruitment. Nesser points out that the roots of jihadist terrorism lay in the … Europe during this period, it included Spain in its plans for a global caliphate and eventually helped establish … European cells in Europe and established its own cells commanded directly by leaders in Afghanistan. Despite being …

… The news media today are full of stories about efforts across the United States to draw new state and federal … thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … since the 1960s, the Court has not wavered on those key points of constitutional interpretation. All of this …

… of the English exchequer records describing the preparation for the campaign. With this wealth of context, Barker makes … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to … During the campaign, Henry issued a challenge to single combat to the dauphin ; Barker goes to great lengths to …

… interest, inspiring our most recent History Talk podcast, “ Visiting the Ivory Tower: Conversations on Public … While we interviewed public intellectuals themselves for our podcast, we wanted to be sure and take a moment to … as the case might be. If we really want to engage the community with historical thinking, a better model might be …

… reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … actually got fatter as they grazed their way to Kansas and points north. Like our own era, it was a period of economic … Stock Growers Association offered sumptuous facilities to visiting owners, much as dot-com owners living on venture …

… the global war on terror is the central event of our time, comparable to the great struggles of the last century … has become Americas mission to defend the peace through the forward march of freedom. Yet to peel back the rhetoric is … as if it didn’t exist. Pass through a major airport, visit a mall or grocery store, shop for a new car do …

… to Christmas, head over to the local Wal-Mart. The company’s promise of “everyday low prices” is music to the ears of every shopper. For better or worse, we’re living in a Wal-Mart World. The … a place where people would want to work — and love to visit again. Bob Batchelor is the author of "The 1900s" …

… eugenicists, feminists, and family planners all aimed to reform reproduction to transform both individual bodies and the body politic. Across the … national sovereignty, normative heterosexuality and drives for economic development. This podcast is brought to you by …

… a "mere concept," since it was the "key reference point" for all of our sources for the period (and so for the people … sphere of influence. In this context Flavius Dionysius, commander of Rome's eastern military forces and a native of …

… For two weeks in August 2014, the St. Louis suburb of … Do the police reify inequality by targeting low-income communities of color or are they the “thin blue line” … in his last (and most interesting) chapters, “conservative newspapers, Republicans, southern [white] Democrats, and …

… wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting the realities of our collective past because … only to attend the nearest Renaissance fair or turn on the latest movie depicting medieval warfare to see just how …

… about a block north of New Orleans’s famed French Quarter. Completely walled in, the cemetery is unwelcoming. The Roman … racial violence. In 2018, the city erected plaques at key points around the French Quarter, recognizing New Orleans’s … the victims of the slave trade. Whitney tour guides escort visitors through the grounds of this once-profitable sugar …

… world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian … Society and College of Arts and Sciences, and by the Center for Latin American Studies, a Title VI National Resource …

… "Rookie of the Year" award after him, and retiring his uniform, No. 42. Now it can do more to honor his example by … jeopardize the process of integration. He was, by nature, a combative individual, so he had to struggle to restrain … color. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The …

… “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 …

… News leaked recently that President Obama had called a group … troops to Afghanistan? Most likely.   Experts will argue forever about whether the Vietnam War was a lost cause. But … Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. If Vietnam fell to the Communists, they argued, so too would the rest of Asia. …

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike of a giant … they wanted to determine if a guest from outer space had visited. Yet their commitment to empirical research …

… President Barack Obama’s first high court nominee. It’s odd for them to protest Sotomayor’s left-wing views, though, … process. What’s unusual is that conservatives are complaining about the Court at the same time they’re … History at Indiana University and a writer for the History News Service. …