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… “elected” president of Syria. The unrest resulted from a combination of socio-economic and political problems that … of the rebellion, the frequent protest chant, "Syrians are one!" indicated the determination of the demonstrators to … Alawites could practice their religion and a few enjoyed official positions. The main reason for tension between …

… the Second World War. Glassheim notes that with the end of combat in Europe in 1945, the borderlands of Czechoslovakia were “certainly not the lively ‘contact zones,’ ‘crossroads,’ and ‘fluid transitional spaces’ … intertwines the visions of grandeur that Czechoslovakian officials had for the newly repurposed and reconsolidated …

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  As everyone knows, this will make Clinton the first woman to attain  … saw any (to better understand communism, Smith went on an unofficial tour of 23 countries in 1954-1955). Smith worried …

… from Akin's, and President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to not make "health care decisions on behalf of … policy has revolved around three main players: government officials, women, and medical practitioners. The historical record also shows that, for thousands …

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … from the same cloth, we finally seem poised to elect someone different. The similarities of our previous White House … publicly). Almost all were married and had children; only one was a bachelor (Buchanan), only one was divorced …

… the nation’s military. The administration has already abandoned a strategy that called on American forces to fight and … wars simultaneously. Now U.S. forces must be able to win one war and carry out a number of holding actions around the … and means to maintain its present overseas positions and commitments, it will fail, as did Great Britain in the late …

… popular support, but in close contests like the current one, superdelegates can be the deciding factor. Each … and make their own choices free from the influence of the common people. Instead, nearly all states allowed the … in Wisconsin will there stand between the voter and the official a political machine with a complicated system of …

… surreptitiously acquired from Stratfor, the Texas security company, revealing Egyptian and Sudanese plans to build an … also brought the brown silt that nourished the delta, one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions, … General Horatio Herbert Kitchener upriver to Fashoda, the site of the proposed dam. With fewer than 200 men, the …

… In 1988, Woodward looked at how in 1971 Nixon White House officials had examined the number of Jewish employees at the … labor bureau positions. Nixon’s order was contained in one of several thousand documents that the former President … honorably may struggle with his past. Governance is complex and politics messy. Laws demand disclosure of what …

… claiming 56 million votes—fully 12 million more than her opponent. The general election also included contests for all … and Russia, and with nearly two times the per-capita income of China, Brazil is on track to become a major force in … Polls moved sharply in her favor, however, after Rousseff officially declared her candidacy and began to campaign in …

… as in the past, the soundbites typically stressed just one sort of continuity with the days of Tiananmen: Beijing’s … a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated present. Another kind of continuity between 1989 … called for free elections, but more complained that official corruption was destroying the nation. This idea …

… attacks worldwide happened off the coast of Somalia alone. Perhaps the most spectacular attack came on November … to sustain themselves in deep sea until the vessel actually comes by." Under the pirates' command, the Sirius Star … Geographic Society trip to the port of Berbera, the British officials in Aden worried. Attacks on ships in the Gulf of …

… the force of 21,000 pounds of TNT. 240 U.S. servicemen and one Lebanese custodian were killed in the attack. It was the … to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … with Gemayel’s faction, the peacekeeping forces remained officially neutral. However, in September, during …

… hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … she will learn about the parts of King’s dream that have gone unfulfilled. I hope she will come to understand the true … in the Bill of Rights did not even apply to state or local officials until the 1950s. The U.S. government took little …

… 40 years to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) . Proponents believe this surprise victory signals that the ERA has a renewed chance to become the 28 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To be … and sexual orientation. At the outset, the ERA was envisioned as a way to remove barriers for educated and …

… 2000 and Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 2007, has come to the end of his legal term limit and must step down. … Rather, to understand what will happen March 2 and after, one needs to look at what occurred in the 1990s in the wake … launched an armed attack on the Parliament on 4 October, officially causing more than 150 deaths. This bloody event …

… And by a wide margin the United States had more prisoners behind bars – most of them poor young men of color – … lives or the devastation it has brought on families and communities across the nation. The historical origins of … – posed to his right flank and legislative plans. As an official in the Justice Department noted, it was fine to …

… Bridge, Rick Perlstein—a journalist by profession, but one with a keen eye toward the historical—completes his trilogy chronicling the rise of what has been … and turns along the way are more than worth the ride by anyone interested in high-level politics and intrigue as well …

… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … like “half-blood” and “full blood” are not mentioned in the 1887 General Allotment Act, also referred as the … Only in 1934 did blood became a signifier in the official definition of Indian status through the …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … Republicans control of Congress. Like all analogies, this one isn't perfect.  But if it fits at all, it does not … in July 1892, when these farmers and their friends officially launched the People's Party, or the Populist …