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… at the fringes of European and Asian societies, Ho's complex experiences have been canonized at home and abroad, with records from former communist territories off-limits, and formal writings from … moved in and out of the great political struggles of his times, influencing the trajectory of twentieth century world …

… their belief that God is perfect with the evidence of this messy, imperfect world. Intelligent Design responds to … and natural theology was a debate within the scientific community of the day. Within the modern scientific community, there is no debate; biologists disagree on the …

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … and, whereas in the colonial Era the home was also the site of labor, that ceases to be the case in complicated … story next time, on  Prologued . ( music ) Sarah Paxton ( Credits) This season of Prologued was brought to you by  …

… this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … build a national movement with those they viewed as their compatriots living in imperial Russia , rich and often … yet another demographic shift.  According to the New York Times , hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have passed …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … a fairly straightforward case like the King assassination become complicated with such stale, predictable theories that …

… sprawling suburbs on the Colorado plains, and multi-ethnic communities in Los Angeles, perhaps ending up with a latte … can power up our Windows-driven laptop to bang out an email message to an old acquaintance still living among the …

… to take action against Iraq should that nation fail to comply with UN arms inspectors, one arresting question … fight for freedom. By 1824 American citizens had become involved. The American “Hellenes” began to hold public … they could take to make us safer at home. The sober message of conservatives in 1824 was that the country’s …

… on chemical over-use. While the public, USDA, chemical companies , and farmers embraced pesticides with a fervor one historian has compared to a love story, a growing number of scientific … personal attacks by the powerful chemical industry are credited with inspiring a surge of American environmental …

… a result, thousands of men openly defied draft laws and welcomed prosecution. And tens of thousands evaded the draft by … the tours of Guard and reserve units in Iraq — sometimes notifying them days before they are to come home that … presidential candidates. All over the Internet — at the web sites for Bring Them Home Now, Military Families Speak Out, …

… who make up the Religious Right, faith is important when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and homosexual marriage … called such behavior “virtue.” Personal sacrifice for the common good would provide a necessary check to the …

… Daniel Walker Howe wrought? The answer is a sweeping and commanding synthesis of the political and economic history … employees and replacing them with patronage hacks; he blames the economic depression of 1837 on Jackson's successful … supremacy, resolute and explicit, constituted an essential component of what contemporaries called 'the Democracy' – …

… because SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, … been treated as an unimportant backwater, a pawn in power games, by successive rulers ever since . The British also … where Arabs are in the majority. South Darfur is also the site of the most serious rebellion against the government by …

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. His triumph in this power struggle ended the competitive politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the … was made in 251 AD, long after Augustus died, but shows the messy side of Roman battles. Today, we often conceive of …

… were Bollywood films. In recent decades, Bollywood has become popular across the world with sizeable audiences in … productions range widely. They can be artistic or cheaply commercial. They can have low production values or high … the victory of good over evil contains a layered and sometimes complex message. Although Sholay was released in 1975, …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a … previously spoke for terrorist organizations on both extremes of the political spectrum are now locked in dialogue and … weapons by using the United Nations as an intermediary. Loyalist terrorists in Northern Ireland have offered to …

… millions of individuals, and stigmatized inner city communities--all without appearing to have produced a … Patrick Potyondy    Welcome to History Talk , where we explore the deep background … Siff      With the increasing availability of legal growth sites in the United States, one might imagine that there is …

… history is the Battle of Gettysburg. While many will commemorate the battle itself, the decision not to press … a shield to avoid unnecessary entanglement. The humid downpours continued until Lee reached the flooded Potomac at … attack, and if he succeeded, the general could take all the credit himself. Hamlin arrived, but his efforts only annoyed …

… declared, the group trains “farmers, women, and indigenous communities in the use of improved technologies in current … roots grow, while the pot remains the same. The moment comes when the [growing] roots no longer fit in the pot; they … [all-powerful landowners] and gave us technical support and credit. But that lasted only a short time. With the …

… and the world. Laura Engselstein’s book, Russia in Flames , joins the chorus of publications on the Revolution. … In February 1917 , the legacy of collective militancy combined with general economic crisis to produce a general … the War” was popularized and soldiers who felt no sense of loyalty to the Soviet or Provisional Government began to …

… William Colby has become a more or less forgotten figure in the turbulent … of Scandinavia and preventing the political success of the Communist Party in Italy. In 1959, however, Colby was given … his career with the CIA: South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese regime headed by Ngo Dinh Diem was problematic from the …

… congregated in streets and squares and demanded the end of communist rule. These are indelible images deeply impressed … into the West, especially through Austria. When Gorbachev visited Berlin in the fall, he acted dismissively of the … instructions, border guards opened the gates while people poured in both directions and began tearing down the wall. …

… and relying on military superiority and instead find common ground with its adversaries. In October 1962 Kennedy … Kennedy to move away from seeing foreign policy as a tough competitive game. He came to appreciate the human stakes … it failed to accept its ultimatum, the U.S. sent the message to every other culture and state: the U.S. believes …

… with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters district. As … leaders such as de Gaulle and Philippe Leclerc, the commander of the first French division to land with the … secretary and prime minister, also sent a strong political message. By the night of August 22, Allied commanders had …

… to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good … one may inquire as to whether the issue was as politically compelling as Drowne contends, or whether those people who … with the prohibition era and its literature. To her credit, I find myself compelled to read many of the books …