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… of the HBO show Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin’s series of novels by the same title, has renewed interest in the English Wars of the Roses. Martin loosely based the political tangle at the heart of … Gristwood is more ambitious than Gregory or Carter in taking on seven women rather than three as both Gregory and …

… Since the global financial crisis of 2008, new economic thinking on the right and on the left has, for different … no longer a pressing economic problem. Older historical thinking, however, suggests the opposite: that nation states, just like kingdoms and empires, flounder and fail when they have …

… (75%) have been reported in New York state. This is a shocking statistic in modern public health. The United States … French watercolor etching of a physician examining a milking maid’s cowpox covered hand, while a farmer (kneeling) … They often told him how they had caught “cowpox” from milking diseased cows. Jenner hypothesized that perhaps it …

… who has purest commitment to the cause, and Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness on the IRA side and Gusty Spence and Billy … were soon displaced by hardline activists: Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. When the Protestant paramilitary … willing to compromise failed to prevent peace from breaking out. In 1922, rather than let hardliners sabotage the …

… Region, Sir Ahmad Bello and their wives. The highest-ranking northern military officers were also eliminated, along … also Igbo. The dominance of Igbo officers in the coup, the assassination of the top northern politicians and the … and this time, Igbos were the victims. Many high-ranking Igbo officers, including the General Ironsi, were …

… could take credit for bringing democracy to India while cracking down on political dissent. Indian troops played many … square (at most only four people can walk abreast). Forsaking the car, Dyer’s men entered the square and assembled … was not alone. While the Hunter Commission and the United Kingdom’s House of Commons recommended his immediate …

… for Amazing Things ,” for example, promises “adaptive networking, edge cloud, connected security, and collaboration,” … Ludd. You might remember him as the legendary machine-breaking saboteur who was once the scourge of industrial … technological change (to the point that techno-skeptics jokingly adopt the term “Luddite” to describe themselves). To …

… Strategy, Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King’s College, London, examines the debates surrounding the … strategic uncertainty by elucidating a British way of making war from a vigorous study of past conflicts. He argued the British way of making war consisted of employing the army and navy in …

… French husband, Francis II. Mary lands on the shores of her kingdom amid a brutal struggle for religion. Just two years … piece by using colorblind casting, LGBTQ storylines, and evoking the feeling of the time rather than copying it. French … … Kristin Osborne … On Screen … Europe … United Kingdom … Scotland … Christianity … Women & Gender … At the …

… was in civil war as disaffected barons took up arms against King John, who reigned 1199-1216. Written by Rebecca … principles. … Rebecca Favorito … Europe … Medieval … United Kingdom … The Legacy of the Magna Carta …

… with Hungarians across the globe. Written by Harrison King. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video … to Western Europe and the United States. … Harrison King … Europe … Soviet Union … Cold War … Hungary … …

… had done before. For the first time in history, the United Kingdom would be led by a majority government dedicated to … he embraced socialism only in his late twenties. Embarking on a career in social work in the slums of East London, … splendor. Attlee came to see socialism as a means of making Britain live up to the very best of its ideals. Though …

… in September 1938, of which Munich was the third, he wrote King George VI candidly that he sought a broad “Anglo-German … but would also attempt to restrain its allies from taking action against Germany. Hitler then assured Chamberlain … Relations … World War II / WWII … United Kingdom … Germany … Lessons of Munich …

… with types, archetypes, and prototypes. Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Hamlet, as well as Don Quixote and Sancho … … Ilan Stavans … Milestones … Europe … Spain … United Kingdom … Literature … Early Modern … Kindred Spirits: …

… it finally granted that nation its independence. In making his case to Prime Minister David Lloyd George, … declared the Arab officials of Iraq’s British-backed King Feisal “incompetent.” He noted the gross … of his character — so much so that I keep a stern-looking bust of Sir Winston in the Oval Office.” If the …

… mythology. For one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn … trade restrictions that were a major U.S. pretext for taking up arms. The war’s final battle, Andrew Jackson’s … Atlantic power. But so did a great slave power. The Cotton Kingdom of the lower South was secured by Jackson’s victory. …

… John Evelyn, the Society secured a charter by order of King Charles II in 1662 that officially made them "The Royal … Books, 2019.) … Neil Humphrey … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Early Modern … Science & Technology … Intellectual …

… on June 10, 1963, Kennedy indicated the changes in his thinking. He said that the U.S. should seek a “genuine peace” so … us once again seek a world that is “safe for diversity.” Martin Halpern is Fulbright Lecturer in the Faculty of … University, and a writer for the History News Service. … Martin Halpern … History News Service … Europe … Former …

… and Molotov cocktails proved remarkably effective at knocking out Soviet tanks and repelling assaults at fortified … to suppress the revolution. Imre Nagy and other top-ranking Hungarian officials who had sympathized with the … Hungarians and triggered a mass exodus of civilians seeking refuge in the West.  Today, 1956 serves as a symbol of …

… history of drug and alcohol regulation in America: Scott Martin on 19th century temperance and alcohol prohibition, … In our first, host Mark Sokolsky speaks with Scott Martin, of Bowling Green, on America's most concerted … the handicaps that it labored under that we've just been talking about. For example, by all accounts, when statisticians …

… kilometers of land, bounded by the Adyar river and the Buckingham canal in the south and north respectively, on the beach overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Madras was an odd choice for a city … busiest roads, with no pedestrian crossing to reach it! Taking a photo of the War Memorial therefore involves a swift …

… such as deism and atheism to the conversation. By tracking the freethinking conversations of the early modern British elite, he … Press, 2020) … Kristin Osborne … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Intellectual History … Christianity … Early Modern …