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… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … the appropriate economic development model. Three child soldiers during the War of a Thousand Days (1898-1902). Between … nearing their conclusion. Politically this has not been easy, for as much as the generic idea of peace is favored in …

… one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … in early 1815, might also have been avoided with faster communications. The battle took place two weeks after … impressment of American seamen and raids on American commerce seemed a dire threat to the young nation’s …

… holding a variety of assets — real estate, weapons, communications equipment and large amounts of cash and … need not be conducted by basement-dwelling devotees of Soldier of Fortune magazine. There are professional entities … it. Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… epidemiological data on infectious diseases, and offer recommendations on sanitation. The OIPH would later become a … 50 million people in 1948. While treatment was relatively easy to provide, the cost of multiple penicillin injections … for the WHO. There are many possible reasons why: Lee died suddenly in 2006, and his successor, Hong Kong-born …

… initiated." That evening, in a foreshadowing of events to come, fireworks lit the sky above Fort Sumter. Who could … slavery, or that slavery was not the root cause of the bloodiest conflict in our history.   And Masoff has company in … hanging on the wall of his office.   As the nation readies itself for anniversary ceremonies marking the war …

… for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … his troops (a significant percentage of whom were child soldiers), reached the capital of Kinshasa in a mere seven … months. Mobutu left for longtime ally Morocco, where he died soon after. The relationship between L-D. Kabila (who …

… It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … at times tortured, brutalized, and killed by American soldiers in search-and-destroy missions. The total number of Americans who died or are missing in the war is just over 58,000, while …

… and Voltaire. Diderot is remembered today mostly as a compiler of others people's work in his role as editor of the Encyclopédie, although he wrote a number of his own philosophical … materialistic content Diderot imbedded in the Encyclopédie itself.  Many of their works were also lost or …

… legacy and identity, verifying truth, and even forging community. Recipes were not only for the creation of tasty … of artistry that provided women with a way to engage in comedy and performance at the table. The production of a … trial and error to find cures for a variety of maladies (215-6). Authors of these texts wrote down their …

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … closest to God, could use physical violence to punish disobedient wives, children, or servants. In Puritan society and … home, especially violence that was meant to control “disobedient” wives, was acceptable persisted. This idea, combined …

… state was “entirely created” by the Bolsheviks after the communist seizure of power in 1917 as part of Lenin’s … value is evident just by looking at a map, but it becomes even more obvious when considering the course of …

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … (the Battle of Kosovo, when Ottoman forces defeated the Medieval Serbian state) or 1690 (when the Serbian Patriarch of … continues to shadow and shape their lives. There is no easy escape here, no "outside" to flee to. The EU paradigms …

… Joseph Roisman’s  The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of … Roisman’s goal is not biography, but to provide case studies that show what Greek generalship was in the Classical … concerns how well the generals controlled both their own soldiers and allied contingents in the field. Tactics in the …

… they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of China’s laboring community said in an 1876 address to Congress. “Because … Ajo, Arizona. That bipartisanship seems to have all but died over the past decade, as the resurgence of identity …

… Glory, at Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia. The monument commemorates those who died defending the city 1942-1943. In the twenty-first … Whenever the battle is mentioned in popular culture, audiences flock to new films and books about Stalingrad. … Media/Journalism/Communications …

… The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week’s hostage crisis in Algeria, although … who joined the remnants of the earlier group (some had died or been released earlier). Not until 1796 did the new … for the captives pushed the government toward an expedient but costly resolution that involved paying large …

… Not any funny movie, but “The Mouse That Roared.” That 1959 comedy was based on the premise that by the late 1950s both … aid as a result of war. “The Mouse That Roared” parodies the wisest foreign policy the United States has ever … they might gain or lose in an American occupation. Iraqi soldiers and civilians will be less likely to resist American …

… which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … their plan. They shout it out in glossy brochures and slick websites, hoping to get a bigger piece of the budgetary pie. … may be too late. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… about this theory. What is originalism? Where did it come from? Is it a good or workable theory of constitutional … its important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which compose those objects be deduced from the … ago and care more about how the general principles embodied in the text ought to be applied to current challenges. …

… of Samarkand, and those passengers eager to explore the medieval monuments gather their bags and exit the train. Back … history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the …