Search Results

Displaying 49 - 72 of 533
Herd of horses on desert-steppe

A Postcard from Eastern Kazakhstan

… In May 2019, during a visiting professorship at Nazarbayev University in … Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … inside the Konyr-Aulie cave. Some pilgrims rose at dawn to visit the cave and swim in its underground lake, which they …
A group of boys at Chirec International School in India playing Cricket, 2015.

Cricket without Boundaries: The Story of a Global Game

… time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … future and the challenges facing the sport today, including divisions within its global governing body, the … racially mixed teams from competing abroad and required visiting international teams to be composed of only white …
Voting booths

America's Post-Election Political Landscape

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … in which things turned ugly. So how does this election compare to past elections as far as personal tax and … with Marc.   Marc Horger  Okay, well, you can certainly come up with previous presidential cycles where there was a …
Henry Ford with a Model T in 1921.

What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … into finished products. The plant attracted countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before he produced “Modern Times,” the classic …

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: America's Love Affair with the Two-Party System

… The left side of the American political-entertainment complex has passed the time since the 2012 election watching … Drone Filibuster and John McCain Peevish Response ! The divisions are sufficiently deep, sufficiently ideological, … coalition contained a similar, though less severe, division between northeastern moderates and western and …
Church and belltower at Usol’e.

A Postcard from the Ural Mountains

… by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with … to have been 48 kg for women and 80 kg for men. We also visited the residence of the Urals salt magnates, the …

Colombia: Al Borde de la Paz con las FARC?

… Moon, el presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, y el comandante supremo de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de … ahora estarían listos para formalmente firmar el acuerdo completo el 26 de septiembre de 2016 en Cartagena que seria … ( Izquierda ). El Secretario del Estado, Colin Powell, visitando a Colombia en el año 2003 ( Derecho ). Mientras …
State of War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1945-2011, by Paul A. C. Koistinen Book Cover.

The Anatomy of the Military-Industrial Complex

Review of State of War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1945-2011, by Paul A. C. Koistinen (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2012)
… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … $7.5 trillion on nuclear weapons, but when he takes us to visit warehouses full of mothballed tanks, Koistinen points … tanks the Army owns, only 2100 are operational with combat divisions (p. 173). Likewise, the MIC now drives much of our …

Right-Wing Politics in India

… are Hindus (more than 1 billion people), with Muslims comprising the next most populous group at 15%. First-time … wanted to unify Indian Hindus across caste and community divisions. The founder of the Hindu Mahasabha, Madan Mohan … Part of the Sangh Parivar, Durga Vahini is the women’s division of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, established by M.S. …
A memorial to Holocaust victims in front of a Jewish cemetery.

A Postcard from Berlin: Confronting a Troubled Past

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … gradually become taller and more imposing the deeper the visitor wanders into the center. Berliners respect what the … the other hand, there are monuments to the victims of the division, including large pieces of the Berlin Wall itself. …
Map of the Gaza Strip in May 2005, a few months prior to the Israeli withdrawal. The major settlement blocs were the blue-shaded regions of this map.

Threads of Hope Glimmer in the Middle East

… ups and downs, in 2003 more than 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2009 it remains a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem 30 years ago. Nevertheless, the current … that characterized the three decades years before Sadat’s visit.   An example of that cold but peaceful relationship …
A 1963 photo of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.

In Bethlehem, Persisting Hope

… by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which abuts … have flourished. In 2003 more than 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2006 it remains a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem twenty-nine years ago. Nevertheless, the …
Queen Mary’s College, opened in 1914.

A Postcard from Madras: A City Born of the Colonial Encounter

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … he chose to settle the EIC where he could be near her and visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC … of higher education in the Presidency (an administrative division of the British empire in India). Established in …
The Golubac Fortress was a medieval fortified town on the south side of the Danube River

A Postcard from Djerdap, Serbia

… park can enjoy and reflect these legacies too, while even becoming a part of it themselves. The Djerdap National Park is … infrastructure and a variety of outdoor activities for visitors, such as hiking, biking, fishing, and boating. The … had brought me in touch with Djerdap prior to my weekend visit. In the mid-1960s Yugoslavia and Romania began a …
Immigrant Rights Protest by Betty Tsang, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Federal War on Immigrants Is a War on All Workers

… of well-publicized workplace raids to terrorize immigrant communities. Although immigrants bear the brunt of these … of workers' rights. The recent increase in worksite raids comes, not coincidentally, at a moment when, despite a … the raid, a Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, visited Portland and cheered the actions of the ICE, linking …
Soviet and US Flags

Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … Cold War with exchanges, in international fairs, cultural visits, concerts, exhibitions, film screenings, book … public life in late socialist Bulgaria. Those included the visits of out of the ordinary, often flamboyant foreign …

The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … committees assert will attend events and continue to visit host communities. It is in the hopes of realizing such … built to welcome the nearly 500,000 tourists projected to visit South Africa during the World Cup who, it is hoped, …
A view of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

A Dawn of Peace in Bethlehem?

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … have flourished. In 2003, over 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2005, despite a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem 28 years ago. Nevertheless, the current …
Views of the White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece.

A Postcard from Thessaloniki, Greece

… Its image illustrates postcards, coffee mugs and magnets commemorating this relaxed, yet urbane port on the Aegean … Aegean Sea. There is nothing in Thessaloniki that allows visitors to know that a cluster of cylindrical drums much … of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki. The curators compel visitors to acknowledge antisemitism and the violence …
Seal of the University of California.

How Does a Nation Protect Itself in Wartime?

… to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … Department and the War Department’s Military Intelligence Division organized extensive domestic surveillance … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …