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book cover - Helmut Walser Smith, The Butcher’s Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town

Top Ten Origins: Summer 2019 Must Reads

… The perfect companion to nearly any summer activity is a good book. And, … ultimately turning public suspicions on the town’s Jewish community. Despite the presence of other suspects (including … movement and migration , the book offers many insights and lessons for the present. 3. David Olusoga, The World’s War: …
Cover of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel.

The Man Who Re-Invented China

Review of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by Ezra F. Vogel (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)
… Europe and the Soviet Union, made the future of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uncertain. It was in this period of … just $40 and the amount of grain available per person was less than it had been in 1957. At the same time, the "little … organization such as the CCP could implement the policies necessary for China's development. 1 It was Deng's faith in …
Cover of "Our Hemisphere"? The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century by Britta H. Crandall and Russell C. Crandall.

Episodes of Ambivalent Empire

Review of “Our Hemisphere”? The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century by : Britta H. Crandall and Russell C. Crandall (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2021)
… century, officials sometimes demonstrated a broad commitment to republican and democratic principles. For example, as revolution swept across the Spanish … and Secretaries of State but also newspapermen and common citizens effused sympathy for the revolutionaries’ …
Martha last passenger pigeon

100 years have gone by... still no Passenger Pigeons

… they often darkened the day-time sky.       Martha has become a cautionary tale of the human ability to extinguish … into the planet’s sixth period of mass extinction, what lessons should we learn from the disappearance of the … to clone and resurrect the bird.    Here at Origins, we've compiled a few links to help you learn all you need to know …
American soldiers making rolling barbed wire entanglements during World War I.

War Can Take On a Life of Its Own

… act of terrorism. Princip, a Bosnian nationalist, had connections to the Serbian ultra-nationalist organization, the Black Hand. For the … of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along what would become the great Western Front, a series of trenches extending …
The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger launching in 1983.

Mars: A Planet Too Far?

… that the lunar mission was “questionable but perhaps necessary because of the Cold War.” Congress obviously … He twice attempted to escape the tremendous financial commitment by promoting a joint lunar trip by the United … more than nine times in a single year. Two of the five shuttles have been destroyed, with their crews, in apparently …
cover of History Today featuring article Napoleon Life after Death

Best in History Online: History Today

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … conversation. This month, our Best in History Online pick comes in the form of a history magazine who aims to bring … since it was founded in 1951, as well as most of the articles from History Review - their periodical for history …
Jefferson High School Marching Colonials perform on the steps of National Archives Building on Constitution Day, September 17, 1974.

Let’s Do Something Constitutional on Constitution Day

… hear their representatives deliberate about a possible war, lest such a momentous course of action be undertaken by the … 2, Section 2, couldn’t be clearer: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United … there any grant of the sweeping powers now claimed for the commander in chief. Indeed, the congressional power to …
Bruce Lee

The Original Street Fighting Man

Review of Striking Distance: Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts in America, by Charles Russo Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
… Charles Russo’s Striking Distance distinguishes itself from the … Kong where he first studied kung fu Russo also provides a necessarily concise history of kung fu itself, carefully … after Lee challenged anyone who doubted his word to come to his studio in Oakland. Russo makes his case by …
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 19, 2011.

What Can Air Power Achieve? From Rolling Thunder to Odyssey Dawn

… attacked, but Obama has yet to specify how the cruise missiles fired into Libya or a no-fly zone will oust Gadhafi or … never quite sure what those air assaults should or could accomplish. Though he hoped that Hanoi would abandon its … to preserve a stable South Vietnam could not be accomplished by air strikes alone.   Though President Obama's …
First edition dust jacket cover of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 1973 book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. The book conveys Thompson's experience covering the 1972 US presidential election, particularly the (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign of Democratic nominee George McGovern.

Democrats Must Beware the Curse of 1972

… the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … Democrats hope to win in 2008, they have to remember the lesson of 1972: For millions of voters, war is not a policy … Democrats defected mainly because they drew a direct connection between the culture war and Vietnam. Even many who …
A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs by Laureys a Castro, c. 1681

Hostage Taking in Algeria Is a 200-Year-Old Story

… The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week’s hostage crisis in Algeria, although … crises drag on and the public comes to make a personal connections with the captives, these situations cause … marked by much government secrecy.   But an interesting and lesser known precedent occurred in Algeria itself more than …
European Union flag fluttering in the wind.

Europe Already Has a Working Constitution

… document a constitution was only symbolic. It offered much less than the earlier treaties that produced today’s … a dramatic reconciliation in the European Coal and Steel Community.Ê Founded with four other countries in 1951, it … to sign up for a unified army in the 1952 European Defense Community. Five of them ratified it. The French parliament …
soldiers in Iraq

Can Iraq Learn to Live in Peace?

… the inspectors were too few and too weakly supported to overcome Iraqi resistance. But even if the inspections had … is difficult to sustain, even with total victory. What’s necessary is the creation of a social and political aversion … dismantled its war industries. According to the 1919 Versailles treaty, Germany was forbidden to maintain substantial …
Photo of the World Trade Towers after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

The End of a “Safe America”

… in 1942 and that the Soviets would hit us with nuclear missiles during the Cold War. But those things never happened, … buildings and a section of the Pentagon, on Sept. 11. Commentators have noted that the terrorists picked their … And when that style involves our shooting at others it becomes particularly problematic. U.S. warships lobbed shells …
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Best in History Online: The History Chicks

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… was a consolation prize: the hand that rocked the cradle or poured the tea did not rule the world, and everyone knew it. … of all classes and races know a lady when we see one. She combines a highly attuned sense of others’ needs with an …
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12/8/2014: Best in History Online: The Appendix

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … is as true as the sources allow. The Appendix solicits articles from historians, writers, and artists committed to good storytelling, with an eye for the strange …
Pledging his support, President George W. Bush talks via telephone to New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Wilson and Bush: Unready Internationalists

… President Bush is presiding over what is fast becoming a foreign policy disaster. The war in Iraq is a … standing in an increasingly dangerous world. Pundits have compared Bush to Woodrow Wilson because of his championing of democracy. A less flattering, but more insightful, comparison would …
Insects on white flowers

4/22/14: An Earth Day Round Up

… An Earth Day Round Up Photo Credit, Steve Jurvetson In honor of Earth Day 2014, we'd … you with a few of our favorite environment related articles from  Origins. Enjoy the following: " Feast and Famine: … Connecting History …
The Ganden Monastery in Lhasa was one of the many victims of bombing during the 1956 uprising. The destruction caused to the monastery is still visible in the ruins.

The Seventeen Point Agreement: China’s Occupation of Tibet

… signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … Tibet made signing of the Seventeen Point Agreement a legal necessity for China. The three traditional provinces that … of Lhasa. It was based on Tibetan Buddhism and the principles of “ cho-si sungdrel, ” or religion and politics …
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10/10/2014: Best in History Online: History News Network (HNN)

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … historians across the globe. These primarily include articles but also book reviews, blog posts, and videos. All are …
Bartolome De Las Casas.

Comparison of Imperialism and Globalization

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… This lesson takes a critical look at modern day globalization by comparing it with 19th century European imperialism through … understand the historical aspects of imperialism, a connection to globalization, a term they have heard before, is … Comparison of Imperialism and Globalization …