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… than four languages. This multilingualism is reflected rather spectacularly in Indian filmmaking. Although the world … viewers to leave their proverbial thinking brain at home when they go to the movies, as some Bollywood movies do. So … is location shooting: not a single scene in this movie was shot on a set or in a studio, with several sequences — …

… Underlying the 2022 war in Ukraine is another conflict, this one over … Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991. The rest of the world was uninterested in Putin’s article and his view of history. … to the modern Russian state. Medieval history is popular when it is turned into shows such as “Game of Thrones” and …

… Under cover of the Second World War, the Nazi state systematically … her father's mysterious birth mother, who died tragically when he was very young. Levitt had not known of her biological … Review of American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust , by Laura Levitt (New York: New York …

… U.S. planners in Iraq have gained little inspiration from the past, especially from the shopworn Vietnam analogy. That … of the Iraqi war say the “liberation” of Iraq has helped Washington kick the “Vietnam syndrome,” the fear of sending … the strategy of the United States militarily was admirable. When violence erupted in Santo Domingo, hundreds of U.S. …

… POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Monument to the Ghetto … of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. At the time, Pawlak was the Director of … tells the full one thousand year history of Jews in Poland, when Poland was home to the largest Jewish community in the …

… The period in Germany from the end of World War I to the … is known as the Weimar era, after the Weimar Republic that was set up to govern the country after the revolution at the … The relationship between culture and politics is explicit when Weitz examines political posters. Weitz's inclusion of …

… When Al Gore allegedly claimed he invented the Internet, comedians, political  pundits and Republicans … Like jet aircraft and interchangeable parts, the Internet was financed and promoted by the federal government. … But Gore Did Help Invent the Internet …

… In 1497, Venetian explorer John Cabot declared that the waters off the coast Newfoundland were so rich with cod … I know this because this story, in various forms, was relayed to me by everyone from a museum docent to a … and communal agriculture. A final blow came in July of 1992 when the Canadian government imposed a moratorium on the …

… freedom can be a blessed event, but it’s painful. In 1831, when Gustave de Beaumont and I left France to visit the United States to examine first hand this interesting … working democracy. One of the chief reasons Saddam Hussein was able to maintain his political and military tyranny over …

… religious freedom made him “throw up” would rank as one of the most unsettling remarks of the 2012 campaign. Contrary … foundations of our country.   In September 1960, when some Protestants suggested that Kennedy’s Catholicism …   Less than three weeks later, Kennedy argued that America was founded on two interdependent propositions: “a strong …

… of power for 13 years, 7 months, and 21 days, Nawaz Sharif was reelected prime minister of Pakistan on June 5, 2013. … for Pakistan’s future and marked several firsts. It was the first time in Pakistan’s turbulent political history … while others advocated a separate sovereign state. When it came time for independence, the British, Muslim …

… American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of … struggle against the crumbling Spanish empire. There was ferocious resistance to what became the Spanish-American … in the war. Roosevelt could coin a phrase, as he did when he called on the nation to be the “ arsenal of …

… remain dismissive of Middle Eastern culture, in which the powerful and ancient code of honor determines behavior … the enmity of our opponents throughout the Arab world. Yet Washington policy-makers seem oblivious to Arab motivations … to loosen all the loops and rings.” Honor was avenged when thousands of irate Muslims protested when a helicopter …

… African-Americans until only recently. His plan to win them back: Trot out some speakers of color, bandy about the … power in the South and ushered in legalized segregation. When Bush touts his party's history, he does not seem to know that Republican advocacy of black equality was already waning by the early 20th century. Not even on …

… In 2015, the Business Round Table, a lobbying organization promoting … Industrial Revolution in the 18 th and 19 th centuries was supported by rivers, roads, canals, the postal system, … States by county ( right ). What is clear, though, is that when the government invests in infrastructure, there are …