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… European prisoners.   Then, as now, the United States was coming out of a long and costly war (with England). Then, … Today, President Obama hopes to reduce American military commitments abroad as the Iraq war winds down. Pirate … incident. But, as the crisis dragged on, bitter public complaints about America’s ineptitude became a factor …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … of the nineteenth century saw rapid expansion telegraph services. The General Post Office in Madras was established … when England went to war, so did her colonies. Indian soldiers became an integral part of the Allied war effort in …

… . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni … ungoverned spaces that ISIS has used to regenerate its combat power with an infusion of new recruits, financing, … the umma (the Islamic people) should be ruled by the most competent person, while the Shi’a believe that the ruler of …

… How do cold wars begin? The question is becoming more than academic as the Bush administration gropes … No single dispute was big enough, in itself, to cast the die for or against prolonged cold war. But each one required … of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. …

… UN weapons inspectors be given months or even a year to complete further investigations in that country, President … early 1970s, two or more years after the escalation of U.S. combat in Vietnam. Protest movements took time to gain … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… that are landmark moments in baseball’s evolution as a commercial enterprise and its adaptation to the significant … the “world’s” best baseball team (it was not the first competition labelled a “World Series,” but it was the most … in 1904, but beginning in 1905 the tradition that would become known as the “Fall Classic” occurred annually until …

… The early version was small (around 30 clerics) and comprised only of “cardinal priests” who served parishes … historical evidence, and most scholars think that Peter died somewhere far from Rome, probably never having even … Nevertheless, Christians in Rome from the third century commemorated Peter as their founding apostle and first …

… in the need for emergency food aid. These findings coincide with a Feeding America reportthat 20 percent of … the effect of child hunger in war-torn Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch … these efforts the journey to end child hunger is far from complete. There are still huge gaps in participation in the …

… and they will conjure up images of beleaguered Red Army soldiers at Stalingrad , the mechanized carnage of the tank … order and provide readers bite-sized analyses of complex political, social, and military affairs. For … in a partnership that led to rearmament. The technological component of Soviet-German cooperation stands out as its …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated … Jews in Poland, when Poland was home to the largest Jewish community in the world.    The core exhibition makes the … Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a professor of performance studies at New York University, who was appointed to as the …

… in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with … and fueled by outrage at a lack of appreciation for their service, White Power activists increasingly waged war not …

… in American sport involved white athletes refusing to compete against or alongside African-Americans. On at least … Smith, AAU president Jeremiah Mahoney, and American Olympic Committee member Gus Kirby, who publicly denounced German … especially on issues such as retirement pensions, per diems, and other workplace considerations. Owners and …

… The furor over comments made by Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his aides to a … earlier, infamous clashes between presidents and wartime commanders, both of them, curiously, of similar prefixes — … — are limited.   Yet many Americans still expect our soldiers not only to hunt down the enemies of the United States …

… differences? Opponents of Electoral College reform commonly respond that the federal government should not … geographic and population apportionment safeguards smaller communities’ important interests. It’s an argument as old as … of New York, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… into the White House primarily because they were effective communicators. In recent weeks the public has heard a good … comments, too. Hillary Clinton joked that Obama's audiences expect to hear "celestial choirs" promising that … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… because SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, … and made access to land, resources, and government services dependent on one’s ethnic identity. The British … the start of a process to separate Arab and non-Arab communities, their leaders, and their justice systems.  If a …

… in Kansas where few noticed the signs of the pandemic to come amid the ongoing war. On March 4, 1918 company cook … men were gathered for basic training. Within days, 522 soldiers reported sick and by the end of the month 1,100 … about the current status of a quarantine ( National Park Service ). The gauze mask was another important preventive …

… was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … States and the Soviet Union worked together towards a common purpose: combating smallpox in 43 countries with a … she was diagnosed with  variola major on August 20; she died on September 11 and became smallpox’s final victim.  In …

… to have an abortion–by ignoring morality, tradition, and common sense. Those who seek to ban abortion frequently … can be found in western Europe in the Middle Ages. Many medieval legal codes were explicitly based on the Bible. … University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …

… was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as "swine flu," to a global pandemic. … young adults, those between 18 and 40, were most likely to die of influenza. The greatest strength of this book is the … is so gripping and clear. A Cruel Wind does a valuable service to our understanding of both this illness and the …

… of the text.  In examining roughly two hundred years of comic, filmic, propagandic, and literary portrayals of the … of weapons of mass destruction and man's inability to communicate result in the end of the city?  Invasion, U.S.A. … the survivors need to learn?  What messages are we, the audience, meant to take away?  While Page does delve into some …

… beautifully produced. Vivid photographs and footage were combined with informative and entertaining commentary by leading scholars. Unfortunately, the final … almost single-handedly invent progressivism. Instead, that complex succession of reform efforts began at the turn of …