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… 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 …

… 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 …

… followed.  “Beatlemania” was already underway in the United Kingdom. Across the Atlantic, however, the Beatles had yet … custom for socially respectable men in the English-speaking world. The group made its presence known nearly … Carter … Milestones … Music … United States … United Kingdom … Youth/Childhood … “I Want to Hold Your Hand” …

… 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 …

… 1973 and 2007. While the collection is retrospective, Remaking America is an incredibly useful resource for … to escape England’s political and religious crises, the kingdom’s stabilization in the 18th century attracted … consider fragments as a whole. This can only be done by making connections between various historiographical …

… 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 …

… 'Tis shocking but true — the St. Patrick's Day parade in America … … History News Service … United States … Ireland … United Kingdom … Migration, Immigration, & Refugees … The Wearing …

… Gallagher writes that fear of venereal infection was “lurking around every corner” in the Britain of the long 18th … races and form a basis for racial politics, frequently attacking Jews and persons of African descent as bringers of … Haven: Yale, 2019) … Jim Harris … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Sexuality & Reproductive Rights … Public Health, …

… … Richard Reid … Africa … Uganda … Decolonization … United Kingdom … Military/War/Peace … Idi Amin's Uganda …

… extremely tense. Governor Thomas Hutchinson, the highest-ranking British administrator in the Province of Massachusetts … the British military occupation was clearly untenable. Seeking to calm the situation, Hutchinson arrested Preston and … … United States … U.S. Revolutionary War/Era … United Kingdom … Colonialism/Imperialism … Atlantic … The Boston …