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America's Post-Election Political Landscape

… the degree to which the Democrats rebuilt themselves as a national party in the 1860s and 1870s, on a quite explicitly … the Democrats noticed that they weren't going to carry a national election with that in mind. And so at that point, … recently based a great deal of its legitimacy on the internationalist nature of its foreign policy views. That was …
Crowd photo at the 2017 Women's March in Washington DC

The Way We Never Were (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 1)

… War. Closely connected, when the Civil War ended and the Union had won. Many female abolitionists believed that women … were being drafted, many of the male abolitionists and Union elected officials begin to balk at the idea of … The most notorious one was the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the WCTU. And it was founded in Hillsboro, Ohio, in …

The Illegalization of Marijuana: A Brief History

… began warning of a dire threat posed by narcotics to national survival and the national character. Newspapers and magazines published … The Committee for Economic Development and the Consumers Union agreed. The New York Times , Washington Post , and the …
a billboard with flags of many countries and the word Peace on it.

A Conscientious Objector Looks Back

… wall until he calmed down. of alternative service in the national interest. down. Edwards remembers certain … and threw glass IV bottles of "alternative service in the national intermilitary bureaucracy and the of a draft …
Engraving of Robespierre.

The New Species of Terrorism

… to win attention. But it was Algeria’s Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), seeking independence from France, that … in Spain, Quebecois in Canada, Palestinian and Irish nationalists, Marxist cabals in Africa and Latin America. By … peace agreement, the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan — terrorists began hailing …
 Reagan in 1982.

Measuring Reagan for Greatness

… Although Reaganomics was not a complete success — the national debt soared — 20 million new jobs were created … Reagan’s vision for his foreign policy centered on the Soviet Union. In 1980, he took a hard line on the Cold War and …
Veterans Day Poster 1980.

Keeping Veterans Day Alive

… day of observance in the United States in 1926 and a national holiday in 1938. For decades, American school …

Sudan in Crisis

… in April 2019. On February 22, al-Bashir had delivered a nationally broadcast response to the protests. He opened on … refugees reside in camps in neighboring Chad. The International Criminal Court has indicted al-Bashir for war … groups in Darfur, are under the control of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), which …
Cygnet, Ohio, in Wood County was a booming oil town with 13 saloons and many workers when this photo was taken in 1885.

An Energy Plan for You!

… America. The movement brought us not only Earth Day but the National Environmental Protection Act, clean air … the development of alternative energy resources; it raised national consciousness about pipelines in Alaska, strip … Gas and oil prospectors may soon be drilling wells in national wilderness preserves, and nobody in the Bush …
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, by Eric D. Weitz Book Cover

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

Review of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, by Eric D. Weitz (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2007)
… high points of the Weimar period from the shadows of National Socialism mostly succeed in capturing the … population. The difference between the conservative German National People's Party and the Communist parties is … evident in the contrast between the posters: the Nationalist advertisement uses an image of traditional …
The Romanov Family

The Romanov Tercentenary: Commemoration, History, and Power

… people. Nicholas—like his father—also embraced a variety of nationalism that stressed adherence to Orthodoxy and the … participation and social justice. In the aftermath of the Soviet experience, the Romanovs have enjoyed a renaissance … crypt in St. Petersburg. Far from the reactionary demons of Soviet historiography, the Romanovs have become saintly in …
Zbigniew Brzezinski at Camp David in 1978.

Meddlers Hamstring Iraq Policy

… used the same techniques he honed during his term as the national security adviser in the Carter administration to … inform the naive, idealistic newcomers from the South about national interests and international relations. He did this by sabotaging Carter’s focus …

Population Bomb? The Debate over Indian Population

… Beginning in the late nineteenth century, several Indian nationalist intellectuals began to develop a critique of … of underproduction." As a corollary to this thesis, Indian nationalists advanced the notion that famines were … development. For further proof of their argument, the nationalists looked to Europe itself. In England and France, …
Indian bicycle troops are pictured at the Somme in 1916

The Amritsar Massacre

… at the Somme in 1916. The Rowlatt Acts outraged the Indian National Congress, the leading nationalist party whose members included Muhammad Ali … Jawaharlal Nehru were prominent members of the early Indian National Congress; the Amritsar Massacre radicalized …

Alawites and the Fate of Syria

… pursued by the Young Turks—a group of secularist and nationalist activists who organized a revolution against the … were the main allies of the French against the Arab nationalism rooted among the urban Sunni elite. Furthermore, … in 1936, when France entered into negotiations with Syrian nationalists about Syrian independence, some Alawites sent …

The Roots of Venezuela's Failing State

… 2016. Maduro has since tried attempted to dissolve the National Assembly, provoking international opprobrium, massive demonstrations, and … has reached unprecedented levels. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) in Venezuela …
An 1889 lithograph of the Historic Capitol of Tallahassee, Florida

For History’s Sake, Preserve Florida’s Presidential Ballots

… boards. The records should then be turned over to the National Archives to ensure their preservation for … state of Florida to transfer the ballots voluntarily to the National Archives. This option is problematic because there … is likely to reflect a set political agenda. It is in the national interest to preserve the integrity of the …
Under Attlee's direction, the Labour Party's position on foreign affairs in the 1930s was somewhat inconsistent. A believer in the "collective security" represented by the League of Nations, Attlee opposed rearmament even as he pushed for firmer measures against Nazi aggression.

A Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing

Review of Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain, by John Bew (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017).
… short of revolutionary, including the creation of the National Health Service and the granting of independence to … leader. He was neither a leftist ideologue nor a trade unionist. The Oxford-educated scion of a middle-class … as prime minister, Attlee was forced to respond to the international crises of the early Cold War years. He attempted to …
The front of the National Security Administration in Fort Meade, MD

America’s Big Brother

… In a nationally-televised speech on January 17, 2014, President Obama announced reforms to the National Security Agency (NSA). Ohio State University … Breyfogle and Steven Conn to discuss the NSA in the current national and global environment. Let us know what you think …