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… of the rooftop and its turret exemplify a medieval military fortification. 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 …

… perpetual “enemy” of American national interests—a view informed by antagonism between the U.S. and the USSR in the … many friendly moments as well. These constructive episodes complicate a history that is often painted as invariably … its fleet to the ports of New York and San Francisco with visits to Boston and Washington. Grand parades and elaborate …

… For anyone who follows the American media’s treatment of Asia, coverage of President Bush’s recent whirlwind visit to Vietnam was bound to trigger a sense of d vu. Why? … American press corps will find a better way of handling the complex cultural dimensions of Vietnam’s re-engagement with …

… and a staggering landmark in human population growth combined to give new urgency to the existential question of … planet. The "winter that never was" in North America, as coined by a Canadian magazine, and the unusual cold and snow … and the earth's climate. Humanity has been around for a very long time, but in only a few centuries we have …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … the wrath of his neo-Confederate supporters. Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is … the United States. A Richmond journalist, Edward Pollard, coined the term “The Lost Cause” in 1866, and he soon used …

… “Socialism!” That’s the alarm many conservative commentators and legislators are sounding about the latest development in Washington’s bank bailout scheme. … Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson joined an international effort to help troubled banks by buying stock in them. Their …

… and colossal defeats has long baffled western observers. Visitors to Russia’s capital, the epicenter of Russia’s cult … Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, stands in Red Square before St. Basil’s Cathedral. Nearby, a row of monuments … Further away from the city center, a sprawling memorial complex known as Victory Park pays homage to Russia’s wars …

… policies as altruistic during the ideological competition of the Cold War. But these institutions and … Ncogoabahizi (right, background) and two members of a WHO visiting team, Drs. David Yarom and Victor Zammit-Tabona, … Lwin. Published with permission. These funding difficulties coincided with the rise of small, non-governmental …

… restrictions on travel and trade, helps Castro and therefore is abominable. Meanwhile, other Americans and Cubans … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … year Pope John Paul II changed the picture. In an historic visit to Cuba, he criticized the embargo, thus encouraging …

… one-tenth of what the International Atomic Energy Agency forecast back in 1974.  France, the leading European user of … facilities.   But surely the other side of the nuclear coin, nuclear weapons, is no longer a source of worry. In … of 1989 in eastern and central Europe and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to the …

… guest hosts onto the program as well. The show is designed for “anyone interested in New York’s fascinating history, from native New Yorkers to those who hope to visit one day.” You can find recent Bowery Boys Podcast … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … way he could dispel some of the concern about his lack of foreign policy experience, one way he could make a mark on … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … the  People’s Republic now is a major source of anxiety for American strategists.  During the  Cold War … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … did in the aftermath of the Opium Wars? Or was it simply a coincidence? As Dr. Bradford made clear during our … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… Humans weren’t around when volcanoes formed Iceland’s unique island landscapes some 20 million … been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … of almost 10% per year since 2000. The number of annual visitors doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million …

… the “uncivil” nature of our recent political debates. For Carter and others, attacks on the personal character of … recede. In their place emerged a fierce brand of political combat that regarded private life as a legitimate field of … and Woodrow Wilson  escaped from the sort of humiliation visited on Grover Cleveland. Neither did insiders remark …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the board's resolution as misinformed in fact and offensive in principle.  But this latest skirmish in the culture wars in Texas got me thinking …

… or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life in 1859 when he was fifty. A double celebration … 200th birthday in 2009: Abraham Lincoln's. By astonishing coincidence, Darwin and Lincoln arrived on this earth not … 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential …

… I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. … home just how high a cost the Iraq war has for us. It’s no coincidence that the two most famous soldiers of the Iraq … skimpy camo bikinis with assault weapons continue to be hot sellers, as they have since the 1980s. In recent weeks, a …

… them in the mid-1500s, from quirky oddity to salvation for the starving. Over the course of the following … of History and Director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching.   … in their questioning. Ellen Arnold:   Timing the auks are coincident with this entire early history of penguins, auks, …