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… – the Labour Party emerged from the 1945 election with a commanding majority in the House of Commons – Attlee achieved what no other Labour leader had … Labour Party to power. Attlee’s background marked him as a somewhat atypical Labour leader. He was neither a leftist …

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … together well over one hundred thousand demonstrators, some of whom vandalized local sites associated with those … in the 1990s and the early 2000s amid a series of extraordinarily violent events and political processes …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … the ANC when it seems to be coming apart at the seams. Some of these problems go back to the colonial era, while a … were deliberately excluded from apartheid-era counts. It is extraordinarily difficult to assess whether there actually …

… profession, but one with a keen eye toward the historical—completes his trilogy chronicling the rise of what has been … only three years (1973 to 1976) in over 800 pages deserves some kudos. But if you are looking for heroes, this is not the book—or era—for you. And no one comes out looking good at all, liberals and conservatives …

… are Hindus (more than 1 billion people), with Muslims comprising the next most populous group at 15%. First-time … that “no realist can be blind to the probability that the extraterritorial designs and the secret urge goading on the … vision for India was more nuanced than Hedgewar’s in some ways. They agreed that taking an anti-British stance …

… and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (which would later become the Pan American Health Organization) financed and … the experiments. The Guatemalan government was also complicit and received compensation for its participation. … Guatemalan subjects. Prostitutes were used to infect men; some of these prostitutes were deliberately infected via …

… employed them in operations to deliver weapons to various combatants in Africa. By his own admission, he had flown … in the sixteenth century, European traders began trafficking arms into African, American, and, to a lesser … scale. In the global context, the main players in the extra-European arms traffic were the French and Belgians, …

… the powerful and single-minded  Mekorot, the National Water Company of Israel .  Mekorot claims it has conveyed “water, … Conquerors have long used technological “improvements” and extractive industries – mines, dams, irrigation systems, and … By the end of the 19th century, Palestine had grown to some 1,300 small villages and towns primarily dedicated to …

… U.S.-based corporations, most infamously the United Fruit Company, used bribery and other methods to gain the support … Nicaragua Canal and all the revenue and investment such a commercial hub would have generated. Then, in 1909, … U.S. Marines, played a crucial role in bringing Anastasio Somoza García to power in 1936 and maintaining the Somoza …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … York Times , promote the image of Haiti and its people as somehow pathologically corrupt, doomed, and "cursed" due, at … Aristide to Today Since 1990, Haiti has continued to suffer extraordinary political conflict and violence. The last …

… A subtext of the term limit advocates is that here is something corrupt or evil about being a professional … career began in 1775, when he was elected to the local committee of safety and then to the Virginia Convention, … where he remained until 1821, when he guided the Missouri Compromise bill through Congress. Fortunately, no term limit …

… Molotov disembarked from his private train car in a somber Berlin on the rainy morning of November 12, 1940. A … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal military education program . A Soviet …

… the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … a strong antiwar position — “bring ‘em all home now” — is compelling. But it could well be politically fatal. The … role that cultural symbolism played in McGovern’s defeat. Some blame that defeat on intraparty warfare. Though by …

… and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … off the coast of  France  that still bears its name. At some point in the following decade (he died in 684), a group … an entire year, the brothers had a huge increase in their comfort, and many monasteries and paupers had food aid.     …

… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … by free trade deals that hurt American workers. The company had planned to close an Indiana plant that makes … While there have been critics of U.S. trade policy for some time, the scope of the current debate is new. A June …

… Samaritans from intervening when your friend wants to beat someone up. Keitt was censured by Congress, which is … standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the … one is hard pressed to think of another politician who combines self-indulgence with sanctimoniousness in such …

… early in the nineteenth century, but whose adventures and accomplishments were so much admired they made him an … Humboldt has faded from our imagination. Most people have some passing familiarity with Darwin; one suspects that many … one estimate, 20% of the world's fish catch comes from the extraordinary ecosystem called The Humboldt Current and it …

… kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a base for terrorists. No one then actually used the … suffering death at the hands of a Honduran firing squad. Some filibusters were well-known figures. John Quitman, … of Granada and Nicaragua. Foreign diplomats repeatedly complained to the State Department that their countries were …

… view of wartime Washington. On most mornings, Lincoln commuted into the city, but during hot summer months his … clop around the place in his oversized carpet slippers, sometimes carrying a large palm-leaf fan to cool himself. … successful free black residents. In the course of his daily commute and evening strolls, Lincoln encountered thousands …

… the reinstatement of political control via revolutionary committees supported by the military. The Cultural … the peak of high socialism. In 1981, the Chinese Communist Party offered its verdict of this era, but both … and who lost the opportunity to build “New China,” a chance some even returned from abroad to pursue. And of course many …

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … 242 of 1967, almost 50 years ago. Perhaps there is a more comprehensive way to look at the conflict. As a problem of … that any review of these events necessarily emphasizes some moments at the expense of others—and will likely raise …

… the French Duke of Normandy. It is a reminder that the complicated, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile relationship between England and the rest … demanded a loyalty oath from his subjects and conducted a comprehensive land survey, which was recorded in the …

… One can speculate that Ira Katznelson has been listening to some version of this exchange since he first entered … When Affirmative Action Was White concludes with the recommendation that contemporary American policymakers deal … action. Relying heavily on Johnson's 1965 Howard University Commencement Address, the author posits that the 37th …

… body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … and subsequent threats in the 21 st century. The FAA is sometimes called a “tombstone agency”: change only comes after a death —and usually only after a large number …