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… Then, he went where no white Hall of Famer had gone before. He pleaded, “I hope that someday, the names of Satchel … too frequently heard, “if only you were white,” as a compliment to their skills, but also as a reality check that … At a young age, to make money for his family, Paige carried visitors’ bags at the train station. As the story goes, he …

… southernmost point. But U.S. - Cuba relations could be in for a dramatic change since President Obama's mid-December …   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … week. And as a delegation of US congressional Democrats visits Cuba, and other US political and economic interests …

… The years 1940–1949 were ones of continuous horror for the Greek people. When the Second World War (WWII) ended … coups d’état and dozens of governments. Although Greek communists had been a serious threat to all Greece’s … built on it decimated. The period of Greek civil strife is commonly divided into three “rounds”. The first one began in …

… For the last several years, the United States has depicted … lives are controlled in those nations observing some form of Islamic law. The Taliban first came to the world’s … – our ally in the fight against terrorism — women are even forbidden to drive cars. Social and political control over …

… 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 …

… Hurricane Katrina has underscored the importance of unified command and control in response to national disasters. Unfortunately, no one has stepped forward to take on this … work of the Army Corps of Engineers and commanded other divisions of the War Department as needed. In fact, Hoover …

… A commemorative 1965 Iraqi stamp marking the 45th anniversary of the 1920 revolution. For many months in 1920, people all across Iraq rose up to … an Iraq that transcends external constraints and internal divisions, and emerges truly independent and united at last. …

… and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating … his narrative around the lives of abbots instead of abbeys, for it allows him to tell a coherent story that remains … of the Channel. His footnotes reveal just how rare such competence is among medieval historians, as the names of …

… to Byzantium , Herrin relates a story of two builders coming to her office after passing it daily to ask her what … Herrin's new book Byzantium . Herrin should be applauded for this goal alone, for trying to bring something so broad … very accomplished as I finished each short chapter. This division also helps in another way; namely that by dividing …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the president’s desk, disclosing that a formidable and reckless adversary in Northeast Asia will … Khrushchev and Chinese leader Mao Zedong during a 1958 visit in China ( left ). Captioned “We use the skill of the …

… To delay is impossible.” The tsar did not reply, instead complaining that “Again that fat-belly Rodzianko has written … entry into the First World War in 1914 . As those who have visited Russia know well, the First World War can seem … called for the defeat of their homeland and army, who sowed division inside Russia and sought only power for themselves, …

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and … the war in Vietnam. In his address to Congress on Sept. 20, for example, Bush’s words eerily echoed those offered by … geo-political context — witness the possibility that old rivals Russia and China may support current U.S. efforts to …

… or Japan are far too great to make them credible models for this task. Both Germany and Japan had had important … had literate, talented, industrially and technologically competent populations, a huge help in building a modern … than Iraq’s, which has profound religious and ethnic divisions. And in the case of Germany, the people had close …

… the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … that labor laws should also be gender equal, creating class divisions in the women's rights movement. Working class … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike … with his secret death ray. Yet there was no neat division between science and fantasy in the history of … they wanted to determine if a guest from outer space had visited. Yet their commitment to empirical research …

… leader David Ben-Gurion warned: "We must see the situation for what it is. On the security front, we are those attacked … this new generation of Israeli scholars. This controversy – combined with his scholarship, popular writings, and … of Israel's most prominent public intellectuals. Morris's latest book, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, …

… is all about. Perhaps history from the early cold war and before can be a guide. Established in 1949 as a military … funded by the United States, to contain/encircle Soviet and Communist power in Eastern Europe, prevent powerful … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… bill offers nearly $100 billion in tax breaks and rebates for a handful of wealthy corporations and individuals. … draft exemption for college students. At the time, family income was the largest single determinant of who attended … the rich from danger while drafting poor men to send into combat. Accurate or not, the widespread perception of …

… sad watching a powerful political figure overstay his welcome. Helmut Kohl, German chancellor for sixteen years, has done just that. On Sept. 27, German … Briar College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… “The man who doesn’t ask his country for even a handful of earth for his grave deserves to be … U.S.-based corporations, most infamously the United Fruit Company, used bribery and other methods to gain the support … U.S. economic interests, their shores and harbors would be visited by U.S. warships carrying legions of hated Marines …

… Francis, all of whom began organizing and agitating for the vote toward the end of the 19th century. From the … clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… leftist Lenora Fulani announced her endorsement of former Republican Patrick Buchanan for the Reform Party’s … Americans and white working-class Americans are likely to come out in large numbers in support of an independent … campaign, is said to be attaching herself to the country’s latest and best-known two-party defector to command a larger …