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… Afghanistan, 1996: In 1996, while living in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, three friends and I were … of the Ottoman Sultan, the reform-minded Young Turk nationalist movement gained in popularity and influence. It … rebellion. Then, on December 24, 1979, the Soviet Union launched a full-scale invasion of Afghanistan in …

… caused an uproar within the Argentine beef industry and national government. Exporters banded together to demand the … made no attempts to “stop the economy.” Indeed, many national officials considered cholera an unfortunate … and provincial levels throughout the nation. Meanwhile, a National Department of Hygiene did exist, but it had a …

… 5 games to 3 One game in the 1903 World Series. The National League began in 1876, evolving out of the National Association, which dated to 1871. Over the next … two leagues, including the raiding of players contracted to National League teams by the new circuit (the American …

… Minister Guido Mantega made news by claiming an "international currency war" had broken out. According to Mantega, … of the phrase "Sputnik moment" in his January State of the Union address none too subtly portrays contemporary China as analogous to the Soviet Union of the 1950s. The Historical Normality of …

… in the executive branch, claiming that it was riddled with Soviet agents who were responsible for everything from the … with the creation of the Defense Department, the National Security Council and the CIA in the aftermath of … the conflict as a branch of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. With appropriate guidelines, any commission set up in …

… adding the date 3/8. Only then did I realize that International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on March 8, seems … International Women’s Day as a communist holiday in the new Soviet Union . The same year, Chinese communists began to celebrate … The Radical Roots of International Women's Day …

… In all cases, the goal of statehood that late-developing nationalists embraced required outside intervention. In four … settler interests and conceded independence to the nationalists. Southern Rhodesia-Zimbabwe and South Africa … countries was wage guerrilla warfare and appeal to the international community. An international embargo on Southern …

… at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. The Soviet Union and its allies then propagated the view that the … the political spectrum supported as the most important international organization in history. Moreover, even traditional … Global/Transnational …

… la Marseillaise , the song the soldiers of the Federated National Guard had brought with them to Paris the previous … imagine a France without the king. The deputies of the National Assembly had advocated a constitutional monarchy, … town of Varennes and escorted back to Paris by six thousand national guardsmen. As they made their way back to Paris, …

… this manner? Simply put, the Declaration gradually became a national icon — the civic equivalent of stone tablets that … wanted to see the document and galvanize their sense of national identity. So for all to see the document, it was … copy — the one that tens of millions have seen at the National Archives in Washington — was ratified on July 4. A …

… men who have sex with men. The association was drawn by national public health data, by activists from the AIDS … regions. Figure 6: Names of victims inscribed in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco’s Golden Gate … most affected by the virus varied by geography and that nationality, gender, race, and socioeconomic status have …

… to the United States that a country might be vulnerable to Soviet influence was the presence of a revolutionary … and extend their power as well as establish a positive international reputation by cooperating with anti-Communist and … political parties. They tried to organize independent unions that were not linked to the PRI and its structures of …

… political practice. It also helped to usher in modern nationalism and nation-states. And it became a model of … the French chose to make the Storming of the Bastille their national holiday. Through all the upheavals of France’s … memory of the first official celebration of 14 July as a national holiday. Finished in 1882, Roll's work depicted the …

… Nixon administration envisioned itself at a crossroads of national proportions. Having won the 1968 election in the … mind, this coming maelstrom is linked with the burgeoning union between oil politics, grassroots fundamentalism, and the financialization of the national economy. His book is broken into three sections …

… was advertised after World War II as an alternative to both Soviet style socialism and “free market” capitalism, was … fighting the Cold War. A social security style system of “national health insurance,” proposed by President Truman in … health insurance based on type of employment and unionization came to take its place. Federal aid to …

… in the war. Indeed, the slogan shouted at the Democratic National Convention that nominated Woodrow Wilson for a … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …

… control to post-colonial state apparatuses, and attempts to nationalize major industries along socialist lines. The … on post-independence states and internal conflicts and nationalism, ethnicity, and identity stand out as … Diplomacy/International Relations … Global/Transnational …

… constructing a road in what is now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. In this time of crisis, no one understood the … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …

… conflict with the reserved rights of the people under our national organic law. If put into effect, it will destroy … Bush (the first) and Clinton fought for the development of national education standards, a policy that would have been … years, they remain, generally speaking, at low levels. This national problem has provoked the public to demand a …

… and fight for safer working conditions and the right to unionize. Their efforts made life better for all working … and infamous (among workers at least) for their hatred of unions.  Triangle workers were not unionized. Factory doors … pay, improved working conditions, and a union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), to many …

… to subdue the Katanganese rebels, Lumumba turned to the Soviet Union. In the resulting Congo Crisis, Lumumba was overthrown … If Congo was controlled by a “real dyed-in-the-wool African nationalist,” Malcolm X argued in New York in December 1964, …

… first republic was ill-fated from its inception. The National Assembly founded the First Albanian Republic on … became independent on 28 November 1912 when leading national activists severed ties with the empire under the … completely independent Albania. In the summer of 1920, the National Defense Committee, a motley crew of armed …

… Broder had been impressed by her recent address to the National Tea Party Convention, one of the sundry right-wing … aggressively regulate—some Populists went so far as to say nationalize—the railroad and telegraph networks. They also sought direct election of Senators and a national income tax. In other words, these original …