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… At the end of March 2012, Syria's major opposition groups … as the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people. When the collection of Western and Arab Gulf states known as … struggled against the French-dominated imperial order that was imposed on Syria at the end of World War I. The leading …

… The current debates about NATO’s actions against Slobodan … had to operate against hostile people in a strange terrain. When the war did not progress as planned, military … for this misguided reference to history. Milosevic was troublesome, acknowledged the critics, but the Serbian …

… When George W. Bush’s advisers brief him for his October trip to Beijing, they may be tempted to only discuss recent conflicts. They … and Japan arrived to crush the uprising. When the Protocol was drafted, it placed all of the blame on China. The treaty …

… a six-ship flotilla originating in Turkey headed toward the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade … in 1948, the country's dispute for the next quarter century was regional in character, and is best described simply as … "Mandate" system. And for three decades before 1948, when Israel became an independent state, Zionists had a …

… In the 1970s, Venezuela had the highest growth rate and lowest … in Latin America. Thanks to an oil bonanza, the government was able to spend more money (in absolute terms) from 1974 … increases dependence on foreign imports, which are cheaper. When oil money is flowing, imports increase. However, when …

… Benjamin Franklin famously quipped “when the well is dry, we learn the worth of water .” What was the worth of water in Ancient Rome? Floating along the …

… In the fall of 2016, the Chinese government embarked on an … a significant percentage of the Uyghur population. By 2019, when the campaign had extended to other Muslim populations … Xinjiang is a Chinese term that means “New Dominion.” It was coined in 1884 when Xinjiang was raised to the status of …

… of Prologued, we discuss 19th-century antecedents to the modern U.S. War on Drugs. As we will see, the United … perspective helps us to understand why the world was ripe was a U.S.-led War on Drugs in the late 20th … moment in the history of the global drug wars. And when we look more closely at how some of the signatories …

… McCain have each spent a great deal of time talking about their dreams for the 21st century. And they have worked to … cognitive appraisal? What would make us think that one side was right, or that the notion of who was right could have … who have responsibility for a ship to keep it on course. When you have that sort of responsibility, your shipmates …

… In June, many Americans marked Loving Day—an annual gathering to fight racial prejudice through a celebration of … in their Virginia home after marrying the month before in Washington, D.C. Pleading guilty to “cohabiting as man and … are likely to revert to the distinctly negro type even when all apparent evidence of mixture has disappeared.” The …

… Prologue In 2009, people all over the world wished Charles Darwin a happy 200th birthday. They … of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life in 1859 when he was fifty. A double celebration then: a bicentennial …

… and Politics Is it a death tax or an estate tax? Are they dead civilians or collateral damage? Was he a member of the resistance or a terrorist? Is it a … stand in the way of progress. This began to change in 1979 when the Iranian revolution deposed the US-backed Shah. …

… The story line for the upcoming November elections has been … years ago American women finally got the right to vote. It was a close call, however, because of the fierce opposition … Southern states ruled by conservatives. That changed only when the liberals in the federal government passed the …

… One of my professors recently told me she was beginning to believe the best thing a historian can do is drill down into and … the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a “hinge”—“the time when America’s social cohesion began to unravel and when the …

… activists, labor leaders, and militant students to overtake the government of the Republic of Upper Volta. Almost … from Stony Brook University in 2000, where his dissertation was awarded the prize for best doctoral thesis. He teaches … nationalists and radicals, especially among filmmakers, when it got into a fight with French based monopoly film …

… Published just before the November 2016 U.S. presidential election, Stephen R. … awakening during the First World War (1914-1918), when the desire among American citizens to assist … created widespread duplication, confusion, and waste. What distinguished the “NGO revolution” of WWII from …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the president’s … entry into the nuclear club by this state, whose government Washington has long refused to recognize, imperils America’s … and 1968. The two sides saw a test ban very differently. When Harriman met with Khrushchev, the Soviet leader made …

… The much-anticipated film, Marvel’s Black Panther , has sold … appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1, 1966) and his story was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel … Lee and Kirby’s imaginative jumping off point for Wakanda. When Marvel published its Marvel Atlas #2 in 1988, Wakanda …

… Are we returning to the bad old days of spying on peaceful Americans? In … of George W. Bush occurred in Des Moines, Iowa, when federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to … to put a stop to the FBI’s powerful J. Edgar Hoover, who was convinced that communists were behind the great civil …

… This week marks the two hundredth anniversary of the election of Thomas … and an emphasis upon free trade. But the election of 1800 was also notable for other reasons. It was one of the few … and then separately for candidates for vice president. When the electoral votes were tallied in December 1800, the …

… As the suffrage movement entered he 20th century, it gained … and the American electorate itself. But internal conflict was not the only obstacle suffragists faced. By the 20th … state basis. He came out and said that—in 1915, I believe—when New Jersey had a referendum on women voting and …

… Last week, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs joined the more than 180 players who have been inducted into the … also earned him widespread enmity within the game. But he was more a victim than a manipulator of race. In 1963, the … while leading the Phillies in a season-long pennant race. When Allen was involved in a brawl the following year with …