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… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …

… soldiers. Entrance to Hacienda Napoles, the main Escobar compound, with a gate adorned with Escobar's first smuggling … his money and influence, Escobar gained power as an elected official in Medellín while simultaneously eliminating … even had a zoo open to locals, keeping Escobar within the good graces of the community. At the same time, as James …

… Several bomb blasts accompanied Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Pakistan. This … his former boss, Dean Acheson, the son of an Episcopal bishop and Harry Truman’s fourth secretary of state, who … secretaries, despite his notable unpopularity while in office, between 1949 and 1953.   Acheson’s role as “vicar” …

… judicial impeachments disregard both the Framers’ will and two centuries of constitutional practice. These … The broad political consensus to dismiss properly chosen officials is obtainable only when a serious offense is … that “judicious conduct,” in the best sense of those words, comes from judges insulated from popular emotions. The …

… Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … producers' rights to consumers' rights. The public seems willing to go along with him, but will the courts? Microsoft … on its agenda. President Theodore Roosevelt approved of "good" trusts–which built the world's greatest economy–and …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of opium … together national politics with international events in order to build a narrative that pushes against a Eurocentric … opium from China. Instead, they sought advice from Qing officials on what would be the most useful way to approach …

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … arguments you have, the most sophisticated takes you can offer on any topic, race, class, politics, but you're not … Which is not a bad thing. I mean, that that's actually a good thing. I mean, what we want in the classroom is for …

… after residents had resisted taxes levied by Parliament on goods like tea and paper to pay for the costly French and … soldiers and townspeople and by early 1770, fights had become commonplace. The death of a young man, Christopher … bringing more townspeople into the streets to join the standoff. The arrival of the grenadiers only further inflamed the …

… oiled by an army of working people. In 1950 there were 330,000 manufacturing jobs in Detroit, enough to sustain a … Our fathers had seniority in the plant, security in the office; a good, stable paycheck handed over like clockwork … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the …

… October 30, 2019, is the 45th anniversary of the so-called “Rumble … central market of Kinshasa, Congo in 1974 ( left ); a woman shopping in Kinshasa's central market, 1974 ( right ). The … knocked out an exhausted Foreman with a series of powerful combination punches. George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali, October …

… violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … oldest and most widespread of human social practices. The Code of Hammurabi, promulgated in the 18th century BCE, … list of empirical studies has demonstrated that adoption offers a substantially better outcome for abandoned children …

… believed, the U.S. military services had to become flexible and mobile enough to meet smaller and more … missile defense, unmanned drone planes and satellites with offensive capabilities. Although these specific systems may … the Navy and the War Department. During the 1920s and 1930s, many influential officers in the Army fought vigorously …

… One was the local priest, who was unlikely to offer more than prayers. The other was a magician.  In the … “North Berwick Witches” tried with her is exceptionally complex, involving politics, religion, magic, and conspiracy … of witchcraft, and shared the spotlight in London with William Shakespeare. Our story really begins in 1589, when …

… behind-the-scenes may have been as important to the outcome of events as the men’s on the battlefield. In Blood … and his creation of an independent Church of England” (305). Gristwood carries this signature interpretive style … and Carter do. Gristwood’s scope is beneficial, however, in offering the reader a broad view of the battles for the …

… four years of Nazi occupation. Following a week of guerilla combat between Resistance fighters and the occupying German … happen in the summer of 1944. For U.S. and British military officials at the time, Paris was simply not a high priority. … was about diverting the Allied advance, he was also unwilling to stand by and allow German forces to crush the …

… Qing  China  at the turn of the 20th century as a reaction against foreign influence and a rejection of  Western … northern China. Amid this misery, a mysterious group that combined traditional Chinese folk culture, including martial … and politically with the Boxers on June 21, with an official declaration of war on all foreign powers in China. …

… one man, but they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution … current proposal. To be eligible for the nation’s highest office a man had to be 35 years old, and be born in America … An Immigrant in the White House? But Will It Be Arnold? …

… War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … Final Solution took place in the midst of Germany’s eastern offensive. Thus, eastern Europe and particularly Poland —the … to realize their barbarous mission. As the war turned badly against Germany in the summer of 1944, Allied forces began …

…   [PDF] Manhood on Trial: Homosexuality, Conduct Unbecoming, and the Military   [PDF] The State of the World … is Dead, Long Live Russian Reform!   [PDF] Against Her Will: Devadasi Culture in South India (revised 2023)  [PDF] … Policy In Historical Perspective  (revised 2023) [PDF] Thurgood Marshall: A Justice For All  [PDF] On Teaching …

… and Navarre, c. 1779. He traveled in the mayor's coach accompanied by his confessor, Henry Essex Edgeworth de … image, and insignias were removed from public view, like shop signs, inns, and other public buildings. The first … lasted until the end of the Restoration period in 1830. Statues commemorating Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in …

… in Kansas where few noticed the signs of the pandemic to come amid the ongoing war. On March 4, 1918 company cook … the Allies rushed deployments to halt the German Ludendorff Offensive. The first British cases occurred in mid-April as … Spanish Flu mortality by month . In the United States, William H. Welch, former president of the American Medical …

… party favorite and a new member of the Congressional Super Committee, wrote an op-ed in which he said that “excessive …  And we are losing the current one as a consequence.   In order to understand this long march in the wrong direction, …  Yet inflation remained remarkably low.  When Clinton left office, the nation had a 3.9 percent unemployment rate and a …