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… on chemical pesticides is widely hailed as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.   At the … consequences of chemical use that far outweighed the immediate benefits. The book’s title came from the opening … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our …

… September 14, 2008, the remnants of Hurricane Ike slammed into Columbus, Ohio.  With power knocked out by the … Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … global economic activity the years before World War I was most remarkable for combining expanding trade, growth, and …

… some five hours later. This departure of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. … the extended occupation that followed were certainly the most dramatic and significant events in the long history of … used before World War I for the territory that generally formed modern Iraq). The first Americans to encounter the …

… Americans and white working-class Americans are likely to come out in large numbers in support of an independent … the unlikely duo may just have created one of the most promising opportunities for a new populism to emerge in … of bringing Americans together to solve the country’s most pressing social issues, the two major parties have kept …

… early twentieth century to the present, highlighting the complex interaction of politics, economics, nutrition, and … programs like Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Medicaid. Levine shifts the lens to school lunches, which she describes as "one of the nation's most popular social welfare programs." (p. 2). Indeed, the …

… in 2022.  After Ukraine , Moldova has been the country most affected by the conflict. Since February 2022, more … After detailing Russian threats to Moldova, he proclaimed that Romania would support Moldova in “any scenario.” … Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people …

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … and military.  Months after the war began, in one of the most visible effects of sanctions to date, major companies … the world’s largest steel works and an entire city on a site located in an unsettled location on the steppe, miles …

… East . Between 1911 and 1922, the Ottoman Empire suffered almost constantly from wars. The Ottomans experienced … Ottoman rule for centuries. The Balkan Wars saw atrocities committed against civilians on a massive scale. The … forcibly resettled in a “homeland” most had never even visited.  The overall perception of Lausanne’s bloodless …

… Further away from the city center, a sprawling memorial complex known as Victory Park pays homage to Russia’s wars on the site where Napoleon’s army invaded Moscow in 1812. A church … such a long stretch of history would be daunting for most historians, but Carleton skillfully reveals the …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … delusional, Qaddafi was no garden-variety autocrat. Armed with a messianic vision and his revolutionary Green Book … their borders—do not usually play significant roles in most historical treatments of nineteenth-century diplomacy. …

… season brings a new round of presidential analogies and comparisons. Two years into his presidency, Barack Obama has … the office–at over 300 pounds–Taft presented a small, almost passive persona in contrast with his larger-than-life … process becomes a political football, the president gets blamed by partisans on both sides, but he gets little credit …

… disease was ergotism: poisoning produced by exposure to the compounds found in a fungus that grows on wheat. In the … investigating ergot, finding that it contained valuable medicinal compounds such as ergotamine, used to treat … low doses.” To this day, LSD is recognized as one of the most potent drugs known to medical science, and, as Hofmann …

… Seventy-five years ago this month, Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency amid mass unemployment, a collapsing bank … upon when he won approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security, unemployment insurance, a … nor its advances through the Great Society were repealed. Most analysts concluded by the 1970s that the Eisenhower and …

… debate over guns. Polling data for decades have shown that most Americans favor stronger gun laws. Indeed, surveys … both sides in the great American gun debate have claimed to have history on their side, each has presented a … Amendment does not prohibit robust gun regulation, it compels it. Today’s gun rights ideology is antithetical to …

… criticized Social Security but later backed away from his comments after his Republican opponents and the press jumped … of Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme” captured the media’s attention, hurt his standing in the polls, and … and hurt his chances in the general election.   Perhaps most damaging to Goldwater’s campaign was a Johnson …

… carried him far, but his skill as a talker is not unique. Most of America's popular presidents got into the White House primarily because they were effective communicators. In recent weeks the public has heard a good … David Brooks believes Americans will soon feel "Obama Comedown Syndrome," especially when they recognize that his …

… for their lost brethren at the World Trade Center disaster site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union … from new opportunities. But the patriotic fervor that accompanied wartime mobilization meant that unions were … at airports and other security measures imposed since 9/11, most workers during both World Wars accepted this …

… One of the most beautiful parts of the former Soviet … historical monuments and churches.  Sadly, it has become the center of a major feud between Armenians and … Nearby is the ruined Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque.  Other sites of interest include the 9th Century Dadivank …

… separated peoples with the "Central Eurasian Cultural Complex." The crucial element of the Complex is the ruler … such a system required significant resources, which were most efficiently obtained through trade and tribute. Central … into the declining Roman empire. Beckwith describes medieval feudalism, characterized by the special status of …

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … for the inability to gain much support. Probably the most important one was that all women who were politically … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website, …

… Woodrow Wilson (right). The meeting was marked by a most conspicuous absence. One seat at the main table, where … policy for a generation. The way in which the U.S. assumed global leadership after 1945, under his Democratic heirs … in the form of Uncle Sam withholding the keystone to complete the "League of Nations Bridge." The traditional way …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … (in a curious pair of adjectives) that King was “the most dangerous and effective Negro leader in the country.” … the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, Hoover labeled King “the most notorious liar in the country.” Bureau agents told …

… some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … Sunni minority. Religious and Ethnic groups in Iraq. Many posited that Prime Minister al-Maliki's resignation in … Iraq. When European powers disbanded it after World War I , most power brokers in its Iraqi provinces were Sunni Arabs …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and … of looking at it as a modern nation-state. I think it's most common for scholars to look back to the early modern …