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a billboard with flags of many countries and the word Peace on it.

A Conscientious Objector Looks Back

… were symbolic munYou would the announcement over the intercom: .. Youhear would hear the announcement sentiment was … are equal in about the way the hippies had been treatsoldier and leave him there to die? It would to attend anti-war meetings and protests, but …
J.P. Morgan

Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation

… allowed Drexel Burnham Lambert, Michael Milken’s junk bond shop, to die a slow death from 1986 to 1990, the term “regulation” … like Bear Stearns. To prevent such dangers again in the future we should reestablish the barrier between the …

Conflict Termination: How to End -- and Not to End -- Insurgencies

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … in the Philippines. So let us turn to several case studies to explore these issues more closely. Vietnam The story … a significant number of Khymer who, as we now know, would die at the hands of the Khymer Rouge. France and Algeria Our …
President Nixon signing a bill in 1972.

When Congress Failed to Stop the Vietnam War

… debt ceiling. These routine but necessary measures became complicated when the Eagleton Amendment was added to them. … between those, led by J. William Fulbright, who favored the compromise, and those, such as Eagleton, who opposed it. Fulbright and his colleagues conceded that the compromise allowed Nixon to continue bombing for 45 days. …

The Question of Refugees: Past and Present

… refugees who at the time of writing face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … Somalia must first walk for weeks across a desert and many die along the way or soon after arrival. This mass gravesite …
Dr. Aleš Hrdlička

“No law can change our blood"

Review of Blood Will Tell: Native Americans and Assimilation Policy, by Katherine Ellinghaus Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … policy and prompted her exploration into this topic. Few studies before hers have investigated the relationship between … these three tropes through multiple and diverse case studies which demonstrate the effects of blood discourse on …
William Shakespeare

The Globe Theatre: Shakespeare Lost & Found

… last history play Henry VIII: Or, All is True. A volatile combination of a cheap roof and pyrotechnic effects could … below) returns to her father; the wife, Hermia, who did not die, but has been disguised as a statue, is revivified; and … limitations, but the ability for the poet’s and the audience’s imaginations to transcend “this wooden O”: O for a …
People holding signs: "More Mental Health Care + Less Jail Time" and "Support Mental Health - It's the Right Thing to Do"

Mental Health and American Society

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … temptation to say, "Well, I mean, how many people in the audience might have had this experience growing up?" You know, … Vinas-Nelson, song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
Billboard of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, 2015.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Democratization Shell Game

… both countries appear to break from the autocratic past and complicate our understanding of their political future. In 2022, Kazakh voters approved changes to their … years of the USSR.  The two leaders quickly tossed aside Communism as a governing ideology and instead embraced …
President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Coming: Something New in Presidents

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … between the ages of 42 and 78. They have invariably embodied conventional social choices (at least publicly). Almost … ceilings. He would be the first president born abroad. The future naval aviator was born in 1936 in the U.S.-controlled …
Bartolome de las Casas

Bartolomé de las Casas and 500 Years of Racial Injustice

… natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … extremely popular Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, which was published during his lifetime (c. … Americans because Spaniards considered them to be hardier than natives. The 16th century  Florentine Codex …

South America’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Wakes: Brazil’s 2010 Election

… and Russia, and with nearly two times the per-capita income of China, Brazil is on track to become a major force in … global leader in the petroleum industry and within the near future, a regional leader in petroleum exports (Brazil is … After her release, Rousseff returned to college and studied economics, and began a career in government service. …

Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff

… a leader of the opposition against the shah and the future leader of the revolution that would overthrow him. … Iran’s military achievements that appears on Fars News, a website affiliated with the IRGC, notes that Iran “launched … used against them during the war, which, along with the bodies that continue to be unearthed and the mines that still …

Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River

… five meters away on the opposite shore, two Jordanian soldiers looked on from the shelter of a reed-covered platform … the showers. Half an hour later, after a visit to the gift shop, both groups were getting back on the Israeli tourist … Commons). While the site at Qasr al Yehud could in the future become a Palestinian site as part of a peace …
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.

What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq

… led Americans to expect never occurred. Nor have U.S. soldiers or those of America’s allies been hailed as liberators … attempted the same kind of program in Vietnam. It failed completely. The second measure calls for an Iraqi government … Today, most Americans would be glad just to have our troops come home. The trick is to get them out without seriously …

Yemen: A Civil War Centuries in the Making

… Yemen’s internationally recognized government is sitting comfortably in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 900 miles away from … dozens of protesters were killed in March 2011, civil disobedience was accompanied by attacks in retribution, … record as the Famous Forty, as his administration’s future leaders in the military, politics, and industry. …

The Year of Africa

… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … of Lumumba’s anti-Western sentiments and as a result of soldiers’ mutinies and secessionist movements in the southern … activists, and African American intellectuals included many future leaders presidents of independent African nations, …
Inside the National Veteran's Museum and Memorial - The NVMM's exhibits chronicle the stages of a veteran's experience.

The National Veterans Museum and Memorial

… and architect seem to have forgotten their potential audience. Inside, the museum distinguishes itself from a … experience. Chosen with the help of a veterans advisory committee from a pool of 250 potential candidates, the 25 … culture. To plan a visit, start with the museum’s excellent website . The entrance to the National Veterans Museum and …
Seal of the Vice President of the United States.

The Vice Presidency Should Not Be an Accident Waiting to Happen

… or geography. The problem, of course, is that presidents do die. Thirty-seven men have been elected president, and eight of them have died in office. This means that a candidate who chooses his … and funding for the arts. These three men were all accomplished politicians, nationally well known before being …
Highclere Castle, the main setting for Downton Abbey.

At the Movies: Downton Abbey

… by Michael Engler It has been four years since television audiences bid adieu to the Crawley family and their servants, … Queen Mary. Standing from left: the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; King … its effects: “My maid was rather curt with me, but she is a Communist at heart.” Mounted police clear demonstrators from …

The Alpha and Omega of the Greek Debt Crisis

… the machine when I heard some Greek expletives and saw a commotion in front of me. The ATM ran out of money. I spent … occupied by Nazi Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy. German soldiers raising their flag over the Acropolis in 1941 ( left … failed to ensure a positive outlook for the country’s future. By 1955, Greece was able to stretch Marshall Plan …

Avoiding the Scourge of War: The Challenges of United Nations Peacekeeping

… On July 1, 2011, the United Nations welcomed its newest member. South Sudan's January referendum on … psychological aid to those traumatized by rape, child soldiering, and other atrocities. Unlike during … humanitarian relief and peacekeeping operations. The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping In the nearly two …