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… and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s created the conditions for military coups and for administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …

… April 12, 1861, Edmund Ruffin proudly fired a shot at Fort Sumter, the Federal military installation in the … course, so instead they recast the meaning of the war, transforming it from a war over slavery into a principled defense … Abraham Lincoln may have taken a couple of years before acknowledging that the abolition of slavery lay at the …

… Australia has water troubles. For at least the past nine years, the people "down under" … is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … of this year, scientists at the Australian Antarctic Division offered new evidence of climate change at work in …

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … of proposed British and French influence. Jewish arrivals in Palestine continued and peaked in 1935 at 60,000. … of the Other When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem in 1977, he said that some walls …

… into two separate, independent states. The violence that accompanied partition, which led to the death of up to a … Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( right ). Whereas Jinnah called for a national homeland for Muslims, whom he feared would be … nationalism, which they argue was unable to overcome these divisions when imagining an independent India. Still others …

… that was happening anyway, since wealthier drinkers could afford to stockpile liquor before the 18th Amendment took … legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons …

… back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … well, was that there were really intense racial and ethnic divisions within these movements that created a lot of … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… The family of Martin Luther King, Jr., much maligned of late for its aggressive copyright control of Dr. King’s works, … King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … at Columbia University, and a writer for the History News Service. He has interned at the Martin Luther King, …

… new general Arab-Israeli war with devastating consequences for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region. These … theme the denunciation of Democrats as being soft on communism, opened up relations with the People’s Republic of … 1970 and think about predicting that Richard Nixon would be visiting China and Russia, tripling trade with both nations, …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … us that talking about religion has always been a vehicle for talking about politics in the United States. From the … lives, such as equality, freedom, limited government, community, dignity, and the distribution of resources. …

… in a deliberative republic, in which dispassionate, informed, independent Electors — members of a unique … With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next … paralyzed United States. Robert M. Saunders is a visiting Fulbright professor of American history at Hong …

… of the other rankings in the top ten — Bill Clinton (3), for example, outpolled George Washington (7) — seem unlikely … immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … University, Pomona, and a writer for the History News Service. …

… of people, many decked out in hoop skirts and militia uniforms, will drink mint juleps and dance the night away. … "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … opened a long and painful civil war.  Let's hope that this latest exchange of salvos—another confrontation with …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … partly because Cuban immigration has changed. Many arrivals since the early 1980s have shared the motivation of … although Americans still need U.S. government permission to visit Cuba legally, many go illegally through third …

… de Tocqueville noted in the 1830s, Americans are renowned for combining “separation of church and state” with intense, … at New Mexico State University and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … history that a woman, Hillary Clinton, has been nominated for the presidency by one of the major parties and come … roles in both political parties, each party had a women's division, and they put in a lot of hard work in getting out …

… In her chapter, Lipstadt places part of the blame for the rise of Holocaust denial on relativist postmodern … of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … of it all. However, when the triumphant Donald Trump visited Barack Obama in the White House after the election, …

… Department of History share how environmental history informs our shared future in a world confronted by pandemics, … boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for … of a fraction of that dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on …

… It’s a cry that’s only grown louder with passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 . With Mother of Invention, Robert … up to this point: to pay for everything from hospital visits to prescriptions, one needs health insurance. Of the … that translates to the future of American health care comes in his final chapter. “Health care cannot function,” …

… Greco-Turkish war erupted. The war resulted in the largest compulsory population exchange in history up to that time (2 … de Péra. The armistice of 11 November in 1918 is credited for ending the fighting of the First World War, but just … captured 15,000 prisoners of war and encircled numerous divisions as they tailed the Greek troops to the coast. The …

… with cholera in the 19 th century offers important insights for the COVID-19 world today, especially on the importance … began in 1817 and continue to this day, cholera ravaged communities and strained political and economic orders … In 1886, cholera arrived in Buenos Aires from Italy . As news broke of the epidemic, Brazil , a major trading …

… For good or ill, future generations will look to this … reputation by ordering his men to attack their former comrades in arms with tear gas and riot weapons and burn … ended in squalor, won few concessions and underscored the divisions of the late 1960s. Dramatic demonstrations against …

… exposed the name of a CIA agent to columnist Robert Novak. For more than two months, the president did nothing to … Office shenanigans. Presidents and their underlings have committed numerous immoral, illegal or dodgy acts. They’ve … stocks for supporting federal land giveaways to railroad companies in 1873. Warren G. Harding’s secretary of the …

… with millions more threatened by disease and famine. Yet for many in the West, Yemen remains a forgotten war, despite the fact that the Saudi-backed forces fighting the northern Houthi rebels continue to … Yeah, that's right. Dr. Asher Orkaby: Part of this is a division between Sunni and Shia Islam--is a brief …