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… of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … so many players at the table, summit meetings like this one have come to resemble rowdy legislatures with their … called summits and even had “sherpas,” specially designated officials in each government who, like their Himalayan …

… world, the more necessary a knowledge of foreign nations becomes. Yet Congress is trying to handicap that endeavor by … patriotism, has unanimously passed an act, HR3077, to bring one group of experts, those in international studies, under … for use as a carrot to bring experts into line with official policies and use area studies as training programs …

… the Taliban now confront the challenge of governing this complex country and establishing a stable government. Since … art of guerrilla warfare in rural and mountainous terrain, one strand of the movement also developed a sophisticated … Still reeling from defeat in Viet Nam , American officials were keen to support groups who could deliver the …

… as a genre: “reading and writing recipes…offered practitioners the occasion for undertaking and scrutinizing nothing … of creating pleasure, remembering ancestors, establishing one’s legacy and identity, verifying truth, and even forging community. Recipes were not only for the creation of tasty …

… and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … compare modern attitudes towards marine life to pre-modern ones, especially in a shared concern for scarcity and … by changing tides, especially in strong tidal rivers and at sites where beaches, sand bars, and other topographic …

… The years 1940–1949 were ones of continuous horror for the Greek people. When the … coups d’état and dozens of governments. Although Greek communists had been a serious threat to all Greece’s … through the Balkans, Greece was also occupied and partitioned among Italian, German, and Bulgarian forces. The …

… Princeton six games to four (every score was considered one “game”). The teams had 25 players a side, and to the … but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … that he could have kept even if he quit football.” School officials told Waldrep that “they recruited me as a student, …

… Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … 1840s, Romanian nationalists portrayed Mihai’s mission as one centered on binding the Romanian nation together.  Of … Russian became both the lingua franca and declared the official language. Religion also became a target of …

… showing where preservation dollars are going, whether the money is being used wisely and what is being overlooked that … the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … current efforts aimed at protecting the Apollo 11 landing site and 106 pieces of equipment left at Tranquility Base on …

… Romney who has it wrong, and in that remark he perpetuates one of the central myths of the religious right in our … City of Brotherly Love in the 1680s he did so without an official, “state” religion (in contrast with the … to the world that people of any religious faith would be welcome. To Penn we owe our freedom of religion. Penn was a …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … this most recent crisis in historical context. On the phone, we have Professor Dana Frank, an expert in modern … then providing support for the military and the unelected officials in the civil government. So that happened, and …

… War . Or so the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … capital cities, in town squares, at cemeteries and memorial sites throughout the world—for many an annual ritual—to … Milestones …

… history of oil is as much about social issues as economic ones. Empires and Anarchies argues that, “oil creates … had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for … pay and working conditions and that, in response, British officials encouraged Arab workers to organize and …

… American Revolution , and the Early American Republic. This compilation gathers together some of his important essays … as a Native American woman, as juxtaposed to British officials and Britannia (far right), demonstrating the … developed into a stable, Protestant, constitutional one. In the final analysis, Murrin argues that the clearest …

… history.”  The phrase “ global polycrisis ” captures the complexity of events driving up world hunger over the past … rapidly since the 1950s. The African Sahel countries face one of the most hostile climate situations in the world, one of the highest population growth rates in the world, and …

… Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" philosophy of laissez-faire and the "universal money" of the gold standard, created the conditions for a … from Stalin's brutal attempt at forging "socialism in one country" to the benign aegis of the Bretton Woods …

… we—and how should we—remember this war? Tactically, it was one of the most successful military operations in history, … the war as an overwhelming victory. Within only twenty-one days’ time, an enemy army of some 400,000 men dissipated … with a willful misleading of the public, and a war that committed a democratic nation’s armed forces to a …

… The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week’s hostage crisis in Algeria, although … Dozens of militants and hostages, including at least one American, were killed during a series of attacks by the …   The sketchy coverage is an important reason why American officials may be happy. History shows that when hostage …

… help when confronted with life’s more trying circumstances. One was the local priest, who was unlikely to offer more … “North Berwick Witches” tried with her is exceptionally complex, involving politics, religion, magic, and conspiracy … negotiations to marry Princess Anne of Denmark.  James’ official marriage to Anne was accomplished in absentia, in …

… On August 28th, America will commemorate the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was one of the largest political protest gatherings in U.S. … the problem of underrepresentation for black elected officials who account for a dismal 1.7% of the total elected …

… Multilingualism in India is as common as daylight. India recognizes 22 official languages and its 1962 census recorded residents … Indian film industry beyond Bollywood is. My top 10 list is one that celebrates regional cinema made in vernacular …