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… that slavery is wrong,” as in his famous 1860 Cooper Union Address.   After he was elected president, Lincoln’s … secession and, failing that, to retain the support of Union slave states such as Kentucky and Maryland. Famously he asserted that “if I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I …

… they perceived themselves as individuals caught up in the National Socialist storm. He is interested in those who … Fritzsche’s fascinating discussion of Swiss perceptions of National Socialist aggression is mentioned in the …

… published a report detailing the failure of global and national illicit-drugs policies and urging a fundamental … surgeries. In the years that followed, a booming international market emerged for coca and medicinal cocaine. The … Peruvian liberal elites praised cocaine as a viable, national industry. Placing cocaine at the heart of Peruvian …

… celebrations, Zimbabwe continues to grapple with the international community over land questions, which are rooted in … the territory on September 12, 1890, and raised the Union Jack flag to symbolize British control over its … war. The formation of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) in 1962 and the Zimbabwe African National Union …

… Corporal Nathan Cirillo, part of the honor guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. He then burst into the … “has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government.” In other words, states were largely … to kill at such high rates. Canada did not begin compiling national crime statistics until the 1920s when the homicide …

… level amendments encouraged hope in the suffragists. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, or NAWSA, had … activism as well. Alice Paul took over the Congressional Union Committee of NAWSA and staged the 1913 March on … together and found the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and they organize strikes and marches and again for …

… to declare war. During the protracted struggle with the Soviet Union following World War II, the very concept of war became …

… in food crisis—desert locusts, supply chains, seeds, international food standards, and so on—as part of a campaign to … government in Mogadishu is reluctant to ask for international aid because it does not want to discourage … Africa and South Asia.   As we enter 2023, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement (IRCRCM) warns that …

… that U.S. air space was traversed by foreign, potentially Soviet, flying craft. The newly established U.S. Air Force … foreign weapons. It concluded that UFOs did not threaten national security. The Air Force terminated Project Grudge … on the precipice of the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union and was the most comprehensive and involved effort to …

… opportunities to debate the proper role of  religion in national politics.  But "the wall of separation between … Baptist Association why he refrained from proclaiming national days of fasting and thanksgiving, Jefferson wrote … champion of religious liberty, James Madison — proclaimed national days of thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer. And even …

… neutrality” when he encouraged his supporters in the National Assembly to leave the liberal Korean Democratic … their northern neighbor during the war, specifically the  Soviet Union and  China .  Although the intensity of anti-communism …

… their votes and make their state the 11th member of the new union. Then laggards North Carolina and Rhode Island finally … History News Service … Europe … Legal history … Global/Transnational … How Europe Might Learn from American …

… duty, above all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and … that the South’s “peculiar institution” threatened national progress, Adams fought the gag rule unsparingly … until the gag was finally repealed in 1844. If only the national conversation–why not, in the spirit of Adams, a …

… Saving the Union by defeating the Confederate army and being elected … want to be reminded that Richard Nixon tried to create a national health care system.   No, the current Republican … watched the Kremlin used to study photographs of official Soviet events to see which Communist Party members were …

… Largely with that objective, Christian groups, trade unions, and politicians, including presidential hopefuls … guarded trains, mines, and other facilities for the Chinese Nationalists, who were then fighting the founders of today’s … & Southeast Asia … China … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … Another Cold War? China This Time? …

… after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: … after the war. She offers an intimate portrait of how these unions emerged and developed—from meeting and courtship to … after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe. …

… securing a second term, Obama appeared at Fort McNair’s National Defense University to launch a public discussion … and slow” by comparison. Months later, Spaatz predicted the Soviets had “improved on the German buzz bomb” capable of … attack by the Warsaw Pact.” By 1991, the year of the Soviet Union’s collapse, fictional drones were once again …

… rages. Brand was criticized for his rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was … won victory in the Pacific, Knight coached Indiana to three national titles and eleven Big Ten championships. But in the … rating him a page-one story in The New York Times and a national interview on ESPN. In support of Knight, students …

… grounds. In 1596, the Ruthenian bishops signed the Union of Brest. The resulting Uniate church accepted Roman … Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in 1921.   Soviet antireligious policies crippled church structures and … both Orthodox and Catholics claim the mantel of being the national faith.  The Catholics participate in the universal …

… medieval Islamic world. Abu Raihan al-Biruni depicted on a Soviet postage stamp. Many of the scholars who worked at the … 150 years before the region became incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Khorezm Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s, …

… a private institution; the student chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; and four members of pacifist groups … With the onset of the Cold War, genuine apprehensions about Soviet power and the widespread fears it engendered prepared … back in the courts, as the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild in Albuquerque have …

… By issuing such a challenge, he inspired a strong sense of national purpose and pride, especially among young … invasion led to a critically dangerous showdown with the Soviet Union over Cuba, while his continued support of South …

… in the American arsenal. The United States, Canada, the Soviet Union and other European nations began in 1989 to discuss … East Asia & Southeast Asia … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … What Open Skies Can Do For …

… conscript army, launched new industries, and established a national education system, all under the slogan “rich … and a constitutional monarchy modeled on Prussia. It held national elections, seated a national parliament, and transformed Japanese social and …