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… armaments and the Nazi regime. Harold James' book, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm , offers a new look at … the relationship between the Krupp business and Germany's history runs deeper, a product of the personalities involved … famed corporate culture, that of the Kruppianer. Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm is a book that will …

… attacks on Yugoslavia are attempting to draw lessons from history to support their points of view. While many examples from history are relevant to the present crisis, none is as … the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for …

… because this is not the usual story line of American Indian history portrayed in movies or taught in public schools. For … Month typically involves a few lessons in early Indian history, arts and crafts, and the national tragedies of the … This is important material, but after the lessons one of history’s most influential indigenous populations is placed …

… Carter should stop preaching and learn more American history. The last successful effort to insulate politicians … the campaign of 1884 — perhaps the most abusive in our history – a period more familiar to today’s voters began to … the greatest levels of political participation in American history. They might, too, recollect that the emergence of …

… “restore the Ottoman front to its rightful place in the history of both the Great War and the modern Middle East” … at the Iraqi city of Kut was unprecedented in British history. The hopes that allied strategists once entertained … naval campaign. Finally, students of modern Middle Eastern history may be interested to learn that Sykes-Picot …

… gun control legislation, we ought to remember the powerful history of mothers' activism on issues related to violence … against children has been part and parcel of American history. We need only to recall the horrors of slavery, the … into the twentieth century. Many social critics in American history have seen poverty, too, as a kind of violence …

… of Kyiv was baptized by the Greeks at Chersonesus in Crimea before returning to his capital to baptize his people … the Euromaidan revolution , the Russian seizure of Crimea , and the start of war in the Donbas region in … Connecting History …

… Israel Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Ohio State University, This podcast is brought to you by the Clio Society of the Ohio State History Department, in partnership with the Bexley Public … and Israel after World War II, brought to you by the History Department, the Clio Society and the College of Arts …

… 1981, known as the “Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party,” the Cultural Revolution lasted from … and adult authority, they wandered and read forbidden books. And of course, our focus on young people who would … class not just in terms of property but also through history, standpoint, and behavior. Some critics of the …

… and expressive periods of country house living in England’s history. Country houses have always been a lifestyle for the … misgiving, The Long Weekend brings needed nuance to this history. The beauty and splendor of the country estate … House, 1918-1939 , by Adrian Tinniswood New York: Basic Books, 2016 …

… conditions in the Thirties and the Nineties, and does history offer “lessons” from a comparison? Some of the … but, fortunately, the present is not the same as the past. History cannot simply “repeat itself.” One important … the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for …

… the tide of mass violence. However, Americans have a long history of pointing to mental illness as a panacea for solving social problems and an equally lengthy history of criticizing the treatment of those considered mentally ill. On this episode of History Talk, hosts Jessica Viñas-Nelson and Brenna Miller …

… With 2002 drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. … Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is suffused with guilt, pride and the divisive issue … the morally indefensible. Caught on the wrong side of history, politicians such as Lott have invoked the white …

… civil process.  The nation must attend to the pain of its history and the pain that the denial of that history continues to inflict.  For after the band stops … J. Kytle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at California State University, Fresno. He is …

… Union of Southern California, argued that current textbooks, clean and safe classrooms, and qualified teachers … years, Williams v. California has a surprising political history as well. Gray Davis, who was governor in 2000, … professor, is author of "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" (2010). …

… president, raises the question of how he’ll be judged by history. The current proximity of his life and his … Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in American history. FDR, TR, Wilson and Truman were also dynamic … come to pass, but it’s still safe to say that when the history of the 20th century is written, the 40th president …

… But Alexander Mikaberidze’s The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History challenges readers to view these wars and their … part in Mikaberidze’s story. Understanding that the global history of the Napoleonic Wars cannot be fully understood … It is easy to recommend The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History for Napoleonic scholars. Some material may be …

… our backs on the past, on the world at large. The entire history of coasts and coastal people has been forgotten. … to the contrary, the coast as timeless, existing apart from history. America has forgotten that it was once the most … most biodiverse geography.   So let’s recover our coastal history. It will do no good simply to place a plaque where a …

… ties with (or just annex) former imperial domains, from Crimea to Kazakhstan. Many scholars have analyzed the … work. It is not, however, a biography, but rather a microhistory that uses Ungern’s life as a lens through which to … the way he neatly summarizes critical moments in Russian history, from the conquest of Siberia to the Civil War, …

… some very old themes and positions from Republican Party history. His success will depend upon whether these … economic times is very much open to question. The history of both populism, and of Buchanan and the GOP, will … one of the largest expansions of tariff rates in American history and blamed by many for exacerbating the Great …

… at war. There is, however, another element of the unit’s history that is often forgotten: The fact that during its … unit’s wartime deeds would “have a prominent place when the history of the Second World War is written.” Of course, … most experienced units in Italy.  Understanding the fraught history of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force makes it easier …

… In this Origins podcast of Writers Talk History , host Patrick Potyondy interviews historian Alice Conklin about the history and mass appeal of socialism in France . ( Image … Alice Conklin for our latest segment of Writers Talk History .   Patrick Potyondy   Our guest today is Dr. Alice …

… can only dream about. He’s rewritten a part of American history. The Hollywood actor recently capped a bizarre … as hell and much feistier about the class struggle than our history books have suggested. Like a nagging flu bug, this strain of … History News Service …