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… 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 …

… nation is almost certainly about to make some presidential history. Each of the current front runners for the major … million inhabitants with more than two centuries of federal history, all our presidents have been white males between … Grover Cleveland gets that designation in some trivia books, but when he was mayor of Buffalo, the city’s …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… of United States expansion. Lucy Murphy examines Indian history with attention to the pluralistic nature of American … Connecting History …