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Monti's parents receive his Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the White House, September 17, 2009.

Leave the Medal of Honor Alone!

… among Americans, and are not recorded in school or college history textbooks.   The Department of Defense is historically stingy … stories of great warriors and citizen-soldiers throughout history. The uniformed men and women of the U.S. Air Force, … History News Service …
Veterans Day Poster 1980.

Keeping Veterans Day Alive

… as the most decorated American Indian in U.S. military history. He earned more than 40 decorations, including five … divides.   Low troop morale has destroyed armies throughout history. Americans know they must improve morale at home to … and journalist from Knoxville, Tenn., and a writer for the History News Service, who specializes in military affairs …
US president Bill Clinton and Chinese leader Jiang Zemin holding a joint press conference at the White House, October 29, 1997

The Next Cold War?

… of living “on the brink,” the risk of another Vietnam. History never repeats itself. The next cold war may turn out … at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …
An electron microscopic image of a thin section of SARS-CoV within the cytoplasm of an infected cell, showing the spherical particles and cross-sections through the viral nucleocapsid.

Could SARS Set off Another Great Pandemic?

… microbe mutated to cause the deadliest pandemic in human history. Before it subsided in 1919, it had killed 20 … twentieth century doctors had made good progress against history's greatest killers: smallpox, typhoid, tetanus, … North Dakota State University, and a writer for the History News Service. …
Muslim depiction of Muhammad - 17th century Ottoman copy from the "Edinburgh codex".

Iraq, Too, Must Separate Church and State

… get on with it. Robert Widen is an instructor in American History and U.S. Government with Central Texas College's Navy PACE program and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
BJP rally in India

The Politics of India

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm Patrick Potyondy.   … Potyondy   Today, we asked two experts to join us on History Talk to better understand India's politics and …
In the 2020 presidential election (held using 2010 census data) Joe Biden received 306 (●) and Donald Trump 232 (●) of the total 538 electoral votes. In Maine (upper-right) and Nebraska (center), the small circled numbers indicate congressional districts. These are the only two states to use a district method for some of their allocated electors, instead of a complete winner-takes-all.

Arguing the Electoral College: Pro

… Jr. a historian in Washington, D.C., was co-founder of the History News Service. He is most recently the editor of A … History News Service …
Image of Adonis on a red-figure squat lekythos.

Easter: A Season of Renewal

… and resurrection in spring runs like a deep river through history. Easter symbols, many of them a part of our … based in Las Cruces, N.M., specializing in southwestern history and archaeology, is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Kosovo is located to the south of Serbia.

The Perils of Breaking Away

… secession should be allowed. Ethnic homogeneity, a history of intercommunal violence, and international … on an unprepared world. Jeffrey Mankoff is a writer for the History News Service and a doctoral student in history and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  …
Most U.S. casualties, like these in a C-17 military transport aircraft, return to Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. (unknown date)

For Mom, Blueberry Pie — and Iraq?

… in freedom for North Korea or Vietnam. The evidence of history is that Americans have little desire to bring … at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …
American soldiers making rolling barbed wire entanglements during World War I.

War Can Take On a Life of Its Own

… was four years of slaughter unprecedented in human history. No one in the emotional days surrounding the … of its own. Keith Edgerton is an assistant professor of history at Montana State University in Billings and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
1892 Populist Party presidential campaign button.

“Party Like It’s 1892!”

… they too will not survive. Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
U.S. Supreme Court building.

Tearing Down the “Wall of Separation between Church and State”

… William Rehnquist has rightly criticized this misuse of history, noting the inappropriateness of basing … between religious and political institutions. Indeed, history shows that, as James Madison said, "A mutual … Moore is a doctoral candidate in American religious history at the University of Chicago Divinity School and …
American flag fluttering in the breeze.

War Without End Brings Endless Dangers

… this did not lead us to threaten or undertake war. Recent history suggests it is impossible to limit such weapons to a … Keddie is a professor emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian history at UCLA. She is author of "Iran and the Muslim … World: Resistance and Revolution" and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Plumes of smoke billow from the World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, after a Boeing 767 hits each tower during the September 11 attacks.

Security May Be Too Expensive

… proposed law erodes constitutional protections. American history is replete with instances in which government used … is an independent historian in Houston and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan posing for a photograph in the White House Library.

The American “Nation Building” Mission and Russia

… free enterprise system. Republicans in fact have a long history of seeking to convert Russia to capitalism. In the … be humble. David S. Foglesong, is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …
A U.S. military vehicle crossing the Iraq border in March 2003.

U.S. Credibility at Stake in Iraq

… bite off more than we can chew. American officials have a history of overstating the need for, as well as their … or rather a lack thereof. The United States has a history of inventing grounds for wars it could not otherwise … Christopher Gerteis is a visiting professor of East Asian history at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. …
Thomas Jefferson

The Road to a New American Aristocracy

… had become one of the most egalitarian societies in world history, at least for white men. Alexis de Tocqueville, an … to repeal them. Johann N. Neem is an assistant professor of history at Western Washington University in Bellingham and a writer for the History News Service. …
President Nixon looking at a CIA map in 1970.

Why an Intelligence Inquiry Is Needed

… caught defying the Church committee recommendations. If the history of the Cold War provides any lessons, intelligence … intelligence community. Norman Markowitz is a member of the history faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …