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The "Bridge of No Return" that crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

Avoiding a Pearl Harbor in Korea

… Pearl Harbor. But rather than backing off the United States committed itself to war. In the case of North Korea, though, … the SARS crisis in China? North Korea’s Taepodong II missiles might be able to reach Hawaii or the Aleutian Islands, … action and economic uncertainty. Relief aid would still be necessary after a military confrontation, and the needs …
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.

Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?

… convicted Dixon of “statutory rape and aggravated child molestation.” The relevant statute, clearly designed to … husband when he was nine) declared that her son “may have committed a sin, but never committed a crime,” she unknowingly evoked the flexible …
Cover of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie.

What's in a Name?

Review of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty , by Kirsten McKenzie (Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010)
… inflicts.  If new in its scope, however, it is a challenge less novel in its nature, as Kirsten McKenzie reminds us in … suffering a "bad case of footnote paranoia" (291).  While completing a last minute source review before sending her … a successful history is McKenzie's impressive skill in connecting "Dow" to the deeper changes that were reshaping the …
U.S. Marines holding Sandino's Flag - Nicaragua 1932.

The Costs of Intervention

… Yet increasing the number of foreign troops will not necessarily speed political agreement among political … Sandino was still at large, but the national guard had come under the control of Anastasio Somoza. Somoza then used … United States got what it wanted in the short run – an anti-communist regime – but the oppressiveness of the Somoza clan …

The West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow?

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … 900 and 1350 CE) had dramatic effects on the native peoples of the Southwest (the ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, and … disease, malnutrition, and warfare. Long inhabited sites were abandoned as the desperate populations wandered …
Turkish soldiers standing over skeletal remains during Armenian Genocide

Armenians, Turks, and the Genocide Question

… April 24, 2015 marks the commemoration of the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian … The result was the physical annihilation of the Armenian communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for … of the legal and historical label “genocide,” and why coming to terms with mass atrocities is so difficult today. …
Graffiti on wall: "Broken Promises"

Jefferson Cowie on Deindustrialization, Trade, and the 2016 Presidential Election

… of the 2016 presidential election by discussing the connections between the collapse of the New Deal exception, … to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with … Memphis, or Sierra Juarez, which are the three of the four sites I studied, they would open with a very simple wrote …
"Where do we go from here?," a 1920 cartoon depicting the League of Nations Covenant and the Treaty of Versailles

The Versailles Treaty Fight

… leaders of the victorious Allies of the First World War, plus heads of state and ministers from over forty countries … peace with Germany, which a rejection of Versailles would necessitate. Following a bipartisan conference in January … in the form of Uncle Sam withholding the keystone to complete the "League of Nations Bridge." The traditional way …
a woman caring for someone with HIV

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

Comparing COVID-19 to HIV is, in many ways, like comparing apples to oranges: HIV is transmitted primarily through sexual … or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for … Connecting History …
Refugee tents in Piraeus port.

A Postcard from a Piraeus Refugee Camp

… one day after the author's arrival. ( United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees ) We came to Greece with only a … Stone House came from Afghanistan , Syria , or Iraq . This anecdotal experience tracks with the UN High Commissioner for … contrast to far-right claims of hordes of young single men pouring into Europe. Here, too, the demographics of Stone …
State of Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, pictured during a defense meeting held at the Pentagon in Washington, District of Columbia (DC).

Is Sharon Following in the Steps of Nixon and de Klerk?

… He has been engaging in serious negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It was Sharon’s visit to … for this apparent transformation. Sharon is working toward complete Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, … predicted Sharon to make it even this far. Two historical comparisons spring to mind when one considers the path that …
From left to right, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and Vice President Dick B. Cheney having a working lunch in 2007.

Foreign Policy Doesn’t Need a Mandate

… executive. History suggests that even a president primarily committed to enacting a domestic agenda can achieve … policy successes. For example, Woodrow Wilson, who won less than 42 percent of the popular vote in 1912, took over … we should not overlook his many foreign policy accomplishments. These successes included negotiating the …

A Fresh Start for Pakistan?

… in 1947, Pakistan’s political elites have faced regional, communal, and religious obstacles to building a stable, enduring political structure. It … a secular liberal democracy, but this sentiment was not necessarily widely shared by the new nation’s citizens and …
Cover of The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe by David Marquand

The End of the World as We Know It?

Review of The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe, by David Marquand (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011)
… - the deliberate construction of a supranational European Community, based on law rather than force, in which ancient … European Union's population stands at 500 million with a combined GDP of $16 trillion outpacing the U.S. by $2 … In the early 20 th century Europe had learned the hard lesson that competing ethnic nationalities can kill, in …
With running mate Paul Ryan in Norfolk, Virginia, during the vice presidential selection announcement on August 11, 2012

Vice Presidential Nominees Must Be Plausible As President

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base … to the truly presidential.   Sen. John McCain ignored this lesson of recent history in part because he thought he …
school girls in class - Studying biology and physics from English textbooks presents challenges in understanding the material but is necessary because their state examinations will be in English.

A Postcard from Pakistan: Girls Education in Gilgit-Baltistan

… In the warm early autumn months of 2019, I visited Northern Pakistan to trek in the shadows of some of … of only 0.75 years of schooling during their lifetime as compared to rural boys who receive 10.76 years. Further, … presents challenges in understanding the material but is necessary because their state examinations will be in …
Meiji Constitution promulgation by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889.

Japan’s Meiji Restoration

… peaceful, resulting in the Restoration’s misleading “bloodless revolution” moniker.  Yet, if the Restoration was … Assistance.  “As the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, Japan built itself into a country … industrialization and recently recognized by UNESCO as sites of World Heritage.  This is not to say that history …

Refugees or Immigrants? The Migration Crisis in Europe in Historical Perspective

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … of Jews from Europe, genocide . German expulsion of Poles from Reichsgau Wartheland, 1939. And Europe has long … very well define the 21 st century. As globalization has become the rule, and as the West has generally benefitted …
The other side of The Shore, depicting the Maritime House, third from the left. The former headquarters of the National Seamen’s Union are now flats.

A Postcard from Leith, Scotland

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … eyesore. With their place on Scotland’s list of historic sites, they now embody what Edinburgh wishes to remember … Leith’s maritime history (right). Despite its royal connections, Leith has always been a place of laborers. From …

Re-mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later

… thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … two-party competition opened. Much more effort was poured by both sides almost everywhere into redistricting … with the Democrats in the redistricting process seem unnecessary. Emboldened by the GOP's solid majorities in both …
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.

A New Cold War in the Caribbean?

… with his nutty words: the way the Bush administration has compromised American foreign policy and jeopardized world … in 1962 when the Soviets agreed to dismantle weapons sites in Cuba. Given Kennedy's brinksmanship, however, … bring countries like Venezuela and Russia together. To his credit, Barack Obama has been less bellicose. At the height …

All Politics is Local: Understanding Boko Haram

… The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … from Mali, North Africa, Egypt, and the Saharan oases visited the region of West and Central Africa known as … the Kanuri people in Borno state. And Kanuri scholars credit their ethnic group for spreading and preserving Islam …