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… 1939 to over two million in 1945 (64). This process was accompanied by considerable growing pains. Indian troops … it could be made to produce wartime goods without unduly competing with Britain (89). Early in the war, India’s … the Raj elected to print money during the war to pay what it couldn’t cover in taxes, leading to spiraling …

… the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, delivering sharp comic material about his recently released long-form birth … Wallace and Maddox, appeals to racial resentment remained a component of conservative politics, but they grew … parameters for mainstream politics, with subsequent leaders paying rhetorical homage and participating in elaborate …

… collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … entered into the sphere of influence of Russia, which had become the main power in the region. The focus of Russian … and poverty-stricken, it has never been so urgent that we pay greater attention to these poorly understood places. …

… jeopardize the process of integration. He was, by nature, a combative individual, so he had to struggle to restrain … "Then I could walk away from baseball and never become a star. But my son could tell his son what his daddy … float from team to team, hanging on for one more big paycheck or to pad their statistical totals. Or worse, there …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … prospect of spending proportionally more of its budget to pay down its debt. Corruption Critics of the ANC government … president seems unlikely, and South Africa continues to grapple with them today. The public standing vigil outside …

… and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman's Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain. Not since … guaranteed rights. The late historian Henry Steele Commager, denouncing President John Adams' suppression of … Texas minutemen claim that it targets the "patriot community," which probably means private militias. RIOT USA …

… the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across the subcontinent, Company officials pronounced that large and expanding … to the new program, state health officials offered cash payments to men and women who accepted forms of long-term …

… came into Mediterranean ports by ship. But, it is also becoming clear that small pools of plague had been established … in Europe for centuries, apparently in wild rodent communities in the high passes of the Alps. The remains of … and rapidly, as masters and landlords were willing to pay more for increasingly scarce labor. The famous French …

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … the traditionally regal manner of Benedict. The dizzying combination of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing … serves as the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the United …

… also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … for those living in the cities and resulting in fatal outcomes for migrants in transit.   OHL presents a critical … . It allows us to think about the interconnectedness of communities, cities, and other locations that share a …

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … Those concerned with domestic violence have consistently grappled with the question of what kind of violations … often, perpetrators of family violence were sentenced to pay a fine or to be whipped. Puritans did believe that some …

… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … to be an enormous enterprise; and second, we don't have a comprehensive sense of its history. Until now. Philanthropy … that grew into the University of Pennsylvania, the Library Company and the American Philosophical Society, all of which …

… of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime. …

… September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in … The opportunity to share in this journey, to imagine the complications and sheer exhaustion of meals, receptions, … lunched on baked ham, fried chicken, barbecued ribs, apple pie, and corn pudding.” Khrushchev expressed his …

… call “the law of unintended consequences.” That phrase has come to be understood as a warning that intervention in a complex system tends to create unexpected and often … undesirable results.   The U.S. Constitution is one such complex system, and making changes to it can sometimes …

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, … They do so at a comparatively low cost to American taxpayers. USAID dispersed $43.8 billion in the last fiscal …

… War , and Odd Arne Westad's The Global Cold War .  Lüthi grapples with several overlapping themes in The Sino-Soviet … in the Cold War — it drove decision-making within the communist bloc through the 1950s.  For Lüthi, alternative … war in Vietnam, the military partnership between the two communist giants was irreparably broken.      Lüthi frames …

… was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as "swine flu," to a global pandemic. Although the designation comes from the increasing spread and not increasing severity … paint the picture of world in which public masks were common, anti-influenza propaganda existed alongside the …

… of the text.  In examining roughly two hundred years of comic, filmic, propagandic, and literary portrayals of the … of weapons of mass destruction and man's inability to communicate result in the end of the city?  Invasion, U.S.A. … criticism because he explains why he focuses on the Big Apple in clear terms; the uniqueness of this city, its early …

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … we analyze if the promise of women's rights activists have come to fruition and what we can learn from the last 200 … issues, and there is evidence that the women would pay more attention to—issues related to women, children, and …

… of “violence.” Pekka Hämäläinen made an argument that the Comanche past constituted an “empire.” Benjamin Madley, … one overarching Apache ‘tribe’ or nation.” Despite this complexity, the author sticks to this Euro-American … at Fort Marion are genuinely moving. The diaspora model pays dividends. It would be well situated in a course on …

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

… According to official accounts from the Chinese Communist Party, “The ‘cultural revolution,’ which lasted … (1958—1962) and his fear that enemies in the Chinese Communist Party planned to place China back on the … organizations: Paolian (Bombard the County Party Committee United Headquarters) and Liansi (The Feng County …

… of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … fishing internationally. However, little was really accomplished until the 1970s, when many nations declared … of the boats, suck 75 percent of the money out of the paychecks and make the free market illegal." Even some boat …